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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]California school systems never went that rout. Even CalTech refused. They simply followed the law. [/quote]
indeed and did it hurt the UC school's or CalTech's reputation that they let in so many Asians with high test scores? Nope.

So if they get rid of test scores, what academic merit do they look at ... grades?  They'd have to also look at what HS you went to because not all A's are are created equal, and I'm guessing that a lot of the students at rigorous HS who get straight As are.... Asian American.

Next, they'll make [b]GPAs optional[/b].
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In all seriousness, heavily weighting GPA is promoting cheating.[/quote]

How so and by whom?

State schools already weight GPA (and/or class rank) heavily.  The holistic model is typically used by highly selective private Us that are willing/able to devote serious resources to admissions.  FWIW, I don’t think it’s ever (i.e. in either approach) GPA as the HS computes it.  There’s a transcript review or rules about which courses count toward GPA for admissions purposes (and which courses matriculants are expected to have taken) and/or a recalculation based on the U’s own standardized point system.
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PP here about cheating ... I agree with above post that schools weight GPA etc etc.   Without SAT/ACT, the only other "objective" measurement colleges look at is GPA and students know that.  Some will do whatever they can to get that higher grades.  And without standardize test to back up the grades, how can the colleges know the difference?  There are a lot of cheating in DMV HS; ask your DC.  Teachers / schools know it too but difficult to prove and do anything about that.  So my point is not about holistic model or how the GPA is calculated.  It's how the grades are earned.  Garbage in, garbage out.[/quote]

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