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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Looks like my post of last night disappeared into oblivion, just for making a suggestion to further along the discussion.  So, here it is, I am posting again.

Colleges and universities with less than or equal to 10% admit rates should have no preference categories such as, athletes, legacies, based on race, donors, connected and powerful families, etc.  They should give some consideration to first gen and truly poor families while keeping the academic credentials bar higher than it is for them now.  Rest of the admissions should be awarded purely on academic excellence.  Colleges and universities with greater than 10% admit rate can follow the present system they have and attract so called "well-rounded"/"multidimensional" students who develop such personalities by sacrificing some of their effort at academic excellence.

This way the country and the society will benefit as a whole by having people pursuing academic excellence and well as those pursuing well-rounded personality development.  Students can choose what stream they want to follow based on their innate talents and interests.  If Harvard or any other university with less than 10% admit rate want to have preference categories, let it increase the intake so that its admit rate is greater than 10%.  Surely Harvard has enough endowment to increase its capacity to admit greater number of students than it does now.

Now, there it is.  I hope this time my post will not disappear.  Looking forward to reading others' views.[/quote]

Nice, respectful post.  Asking in kind: Why should private colleges do what YOU want rather than what they think is best for their organization's health and future?[/quote]

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