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[quote=Anonymous]From my understanding the issue is that there are not enough seats to take all worthy students - just like at universities. Many top students are turned away at Harvard, MIT, etc. The teacher recommendations actually add a layer that I appreciate. Future job skills require collaboration, communication, and other soft skills that a teacher is better at fielding. Tests cannot determine if a students has high emotional intelligence or some other incredible skill that made them stand out. Interviewers I spoke with said that the students selected all had an “it” factor. Something that made them unique and stand out as being a future leader. The selection decisions are not all academic although almost all of them had 4.0s. I would not want “take the highest test takers” and they are in. That is very short-sighted and very old school. We have evolved from that model. Colleges use a holistic approach. Why do you want to take our kids backwards?[/quote]
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