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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The amount of prep for tests and applications in general now is more than a bit crazy. I graduated with degrees from a top 5 college and T14 law school in the 2000s and didn't see anything at this scale. I guess I wasn't in a major city though. People did some things for the purposes of making themselves look like a leader and retook tests if they scored well below their practice tests but things have gotten out of hand IMO. It must be hard for colleges to look at applications when half of what they see today isn't really an indication of the applicant and their passions.

I've had separate chats with a Big 3 grad and TJ grad both at top 10 colleges and they were describing the test prep and ECs their friends had done in hs. Unfortunately, a lot of it was admittedly just for college admissions. Thankfully, some societal good came from the ECs but it was pretty clearly inauthentic hearing them describe it. Maybe since some of those friends didn't place as well, the colleges are better at weeding posers out. [/quote]

What did they expect when they invented so called 'holistic' when there was need to discriminate Jews.

Harvard invented Likeability/Courage/Kindness score when Asians are excelling in leadership, ECs, and doing great in interviews.

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