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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a really small number of students who have

1) Perfect Scores AND
2) In the top 1% of their class AND
3) National AP Scholar

These kids really should be and would be in their top choice college, if these universities cared about academics. [/quote]

I'll be honest, I do not equate top scores on the SAT with "academics."  Even the test prep companies admit that they are not teaching your child academics. They are teaching them the "tricks' and strategies of test taking.  That is not academics.

I'm not impressed by National AP scholar either.[/quote]

I bet you are impressed by the right race of an applicant though. Do you even have an idea how hard it is to get all the three factors listed above?[/quote]

DP: I'm sorry you learned that hard way that US education is not the academic meritocracy you think it should be, but calling everyone else a racist is not the way to heal your wounded pride. People have probably been telling you for years that US colleges do not admit based on merit alone and you still refuse to look at admissions though any lens other than the one of your choosing, which is a rosy lens that shows only SAT and AP scores and GPAs and filters out all the other stuff colleges are interested in seeing. You need to remove that false filter, so you can see that you've been mistaken all along. [/quote]

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