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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Here in the US, Stuyvesant High School is a true meritocracy. Twenty-eight thousand New York City 8th graders sit for an SAT-like test, and the top 800 scorers are admitted (about a 3% acceptance rate). Admission is based upon ONE quantifiable criteria — test scores. Transcripts, course rigor, GPA, teacher recommendations, essays and extracurricular’s ARE NOT considered.

Fifty-years ago, Stuyvesant was 70% Jewish. Now the school is 70% Asian. Does the educational system at Stuyvesant suffer by admitting just the top test scorers? Does the orchestra suffer by admitting just the top test scorers? Do the athletic teams suffer by admitting just the top test scorers? Does the debate team, robotics team, drama society suffer by admitting just the top test scorers? Having two kids recently graduate from the school, the answer is absolutely not! It works at Stuy; it could work at Harvard or any other college for that matter. (In fact, it has worked quite successfully in the California State College system.) But, most US private and public colleges want to control the mix of students who are admitted."[/quote]

Interesting, but your point is.... Harvard isn't a meritocracy and never has been, nor is it a public school.  If Harvard or any other elite university wants to model themselves after Stuyvesant and use only one test for entrance, I'm sure they will.  But so far they haven't.  And the way people can game tests, that seems sort of smart.  The other thing you forget is a lot of people would have no interest in going to a college where entrance is based on a test score no matter what it was called.  A bunch of great test-takers, wow, how engaging.

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