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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The college racket is reaching peak absurdity. [/quote]

Yes, the college scam is reaching absurdity. The fact that well-to-do families game the system by paying for tutors and for travel sports to get their kids an edge, and that colleges fall for it, is absurd.  Travel teams are in the thousands of dollars.  Most college recruiting (other than football) focuses on travel teams, not the school teams.  Most of the kids I know started their sport at a young age on teams their parents paid for.  My DC attends a school where I can see the difference between the kids with and without financial resources.  The ability to pay for tutors when your kids need it is s huge advantage.  It's not just SAT tutors that count.  The math tutors or reading tutors in ES and MS make a huge difference.  Having college educated parents who can help with academics is a huge advantage.  I think parents paying for tutors is a great thing, but I also think that taking that fact that some kids didn't have that benefit into account is also a good thing.  [/quote]

Yes and colleges already do this. The data CB is providing is a proxy for adversity which may be wholly inaccurate for individual cases. And applicants won't be able to see their mystery number. [/quote]

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