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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So its all lies just to get into an Ivy? What a sham.. what kind of environment will this create on the campus.. all fake people doing fake activities to get a piece of paper that says they went to Harvard..[/quote]

This is why these 'elite' schools are offering remedial classes now and back to SAT required. Professors are not impressed.
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Very true. Mine did not do any of this crap, no nonprofit or tutors or paid counselor. Played cello, did district orchestra, ran one club, had a small kid-focused community program they worked for, wrote great essays and got top grades in hard courses and had some faculty awards from their school. They did not TO even though they only had one shot at the SAT(and nailed it). Fall of 2021 they started at their T10 (under lots of strange covid rules against parties, so there was plenty of time to focus on studies) and by the end of that semester professors were already muttering not so quietly about test optional. The most vocal one did not realize DC was a freshman, it was an upper-level class they placed into, but that prof taught the bigger freshman courses in the subject. He ranted about the freshmen all the time. Professors noticed TO right away. It should have ended 2 years ago. Complete BS that it took so long for the tide to turn back.[/quote]

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