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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is why no one will hire students from these colleges ever again. They are all fake people who have done nothing real on their own. They will be terrible team players on projects.[/quote]

This. 
The AO’s who fall for this BS are signing the death warrant for these schools which will inevitably lose their luster as they churn out graduates of no substance.[/quote]

That is why what works is objective measurements - GPA, Course rigor, SAT scores, AP scores.  It measures content knowledge. And it does not matter if the student learned it in-utereo or got tutored. In the end, they have to know the content of academic subjects that will be the foundation of their success in college. 
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Direct from the stats for the kids using this advisor:

Data from the Crimson applications accepted at Ivy Leagues have refined Beaton’s understanding of what it takes to get in.

The average score on advanced-placement exams was 4.8 out of 5. The accepted students took an average of 8.4 AP classes—and those admitted to Harvard, Yale and Princeton took an average of 10.1 AP classes.

The average SAT score for an Ivy acceptance was 1568, and grades were as close to perfect as possible. A’s and A minuses are acceptable, but “B’s are bombs,” Beaton said.
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