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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyday our standards get lower and lower. Now the kids don’t need to know how to write or persuade others. God, this country’s education is a joke.[/quote]
That’s a ridiculous accusation! Reducing the number of essays actually helps colleges revert back to recruiting overall higher quality students as essays have been used as one of the “holistic” tools to stay away from meritocracy.[/quote]
Meritocracy but can’t write an essay? Sure.

If you want the best students, they can write an essay without bemoaning that it’s inequitable. [/quote]
There is the common app essay and there can be a why school essay to demonstrate your writing skills. If you want to be an English composition major, go ahead to submit your supplemental writing samples. Hoping to game the system and gain advantage by slipping in sob story opportunities is simply corruption.[/quote]
But supps are the meritocratic part? It’s literally how departments decipher who has the grit and passion to actually make it through. This once again sounds like meritocracy, only in my terms when I like it.[/quote]

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