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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's the solution.

Set a filter with X GPA and Y SAT scores.  Throw all people who make it into the pool and use a random computer algorithm to pick people.

Totally the fairest way to choose. All of the extraneous stuff is nonsense.  Schools should decide where they want to set the bar for quality, then have a completely race agnostic system for selection.  Drawing straws is fair after the cutoff is met.[/quote]

Except, there are so many problems with this supposed fair solution and how the algorithm will work:

1.  Who is a better engineering candidate...a kid with a 1400 SAT that is 800 Math / 600 Verbal, or a kid with a 1500 SAT that is 700 Math / 800 verbal?  Flip that example around for someone applying as an English Major?
2.  Who is a better college applicant...the kid that was one of the 10 Regeneron finalists with a 1550 SAT...or a kid that did nothing but has a 1590 SAT?
3.  If you are applying to Yale for drama...how does any of this apply?
4.  Again, who is the better candidate...the kid that had to work 30 hours per week during the school year to help support his family and got a 1500 SAT with no test prep help, or the rich kid that received 50 hours of paid test prep and scored a 1550?

The list could go on and on...how will the algorithm figure this out?
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