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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good kids are getting rejected from top schools, because top schools no longer care about academic excellence as much as they care about "Diversity"
There are very few students who meet ALL of the following criteria
1) Top 1-3% of graduating class
2) 1550 in SATor 35 ACT or higher in test scores
3) National AP scholar.
4) 750 or higher in 2 Subject Tests

These are truly gifted students. All of them could easily be accommodated in the top 15 schools, many times over, but most don't get in, because top schools are obsessed with diversity.

This is a tragedy for this country in the long run, because as any economist will tell you, we are grossly misallocating some of the best resources of our academic institutions on some very questionable talent, instead of focusing them on talent that can benefit the most from them and consequently turbocharge the US economy into the next generation.

But eh. Becoming fat, dumb and careless is probably necessary for the baton to pass from the US to some other nation. That's the way history has worked[/quote]

No---the difference between someone with a 1520 and a 1580 is minuscule.  Both are really smart people---one may just not test as well.  Does not mean they are not as smart or as valuable as an employee.  In fact, plenty who have test anxiety do exceedingly well in life.  Universities have recognized that the SAT/ACT is not the best indicator of excellence and adjusted accordingly.

Fun fact: my 26 ACT kid (who despite hours of tutoring could not change the score) graduated college, employed by a great company, 1 year out just got the highest raise possible for the "first year cohorts".  Even those who my kid thought were "top contributors"and as good as my kid got lower raises.  The company "ranks the same year cohorts" and distributes raises according to that ranking.  That means my "so-so academic kiddo" based on ACT testing, is somehow excelling in the real world.  We always knew that---give them the opportunity and they have the drive and desire to do well and everyone would want them on their team. They are working alongside kids who went to "better universities" and those kids likely have higher GPAs and higher SAT scores.  Yet somehow it doesn't matter if you have the right drive and work ethic. [/quote]

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