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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good kids are getting rejected from top schools, because top schools no longer care about academic excellence as much as they care about "Diversity"
There are very few students who meet ALL of the following criteria
1) Top 1-3% of graduating class
2) 1550 in SATor 35 ACT or higher in test scores
3) National AP scholar.
4) 750 or higher in 2 Subject Tests

These are truly gifted students. All of them could easily be accommodated in the top 15 schools, many times over, but most don't get in, because top schools are obsessed with diversity.

[b]This is a tragedy for this country in the long run,[/b] because as any economist will tell you, we are grossly misallocating some of the best resources of our academic institutions on some very questionable talent, instead of focusing them on talent that can benefit the most from them and consequently turbocharge the US economy into the next generation.

But eh. Becoming fat, dumb and careless is probably necessary for the baton to pass from the US to some other nation. That's the way history has worked[/quote]

Huh?  Are these students just going to not go to college and drop out of the potential work force because they haven't been admitted to a top college?
Lol. 
No, they're going to go to other colleges, get educated and they'll do well and learn what they need to learn at the schools they attend.  Then they will go on to succeed in the workforce.

[b]You are posting as if their life and their future contribution to society will END if they don't attend a top 15 university. 
This thinking is SO WARPED. [/b]
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Agree.  In some respects, it’s better for the country to distribute these exceptionally bright kids around the country to raise the level of other universities.

Frankly, I personally think the top schools are not taking unqualified kids TO.  They are just different bright kids with different skills, but I believe in the value of soft skills.  I have seen it.  I have a high stats kid with fewer soft skills and a test optional kid with off the charts EQ who will probably run the world.[/quote]

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