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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a ZERO SUM GAME.

If a lower score kid got lucky and got in with TO when otherwise wouldn't have even applied, there's another kid with higher score didn't get in.

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Admissions person here. FACT: That lower score wasn't lucky, That lower score kid was more interesting.[/quote]

You can say the same thing about a college football player who runs slowly and can’t lift much weight in NFL combine.  Somehow he should be drafted because he is “more interesting.” [/quote]

That is a terrible analogy, but following it, yes, maybe that player has another standout skill like being really good at not getting tackled (I’m not a football fan).  There are different skills sets. Yes, college is academic but it is also leadership, ingenuity, creativity, etc.  There are many valuable skills that fall outside of what the tests cover.  Colleges want alumni that will later make the college look good and donate.  That takes more than test scores.  Of course, you know this, but you just don’t agree with it. That’s a shame because you are not the AO.[/quote]

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