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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look, if we want equality in educational opportunity, we need to get rid of private universities. Make all of them public. Kids choose a university based on geography and subject matter they wish to study. Get rid of elite universities. There are fantastic colleges that don't get enough applications, and others that get 20 times more applicants than they have places for. This is a lopsided, idiotic situation. 
Read Excellent Sheep for an explanation of how elite universities evolved in this country. 
Fortunately, the situation is changing, slowly. The best students are being lured to state universities and second tier colleges by finances. 
And, let's face it, does it make sense to crowd the best and the brightest into a few very top universities? All those top students in a few colleges who are trying to get A's must feel like they're constantly competing with little hope of coming out on top because everyone was "on top" in high school. Why not spread the wealth among a large number of excellent colleges and universities, and end this insane competition for a few elite colleges? 
So, yeah, get rid of the essay. It's stupid. Usually written by a coach. My friend hired a coach for her kids, one of whom got into Yale. She's a great person (lives in NYC), but she did what all parents in her area do. Another friend (also in NYC) is a coach. He went to Harvard and Columbia and is a writer.  Most of the kids he coaches get into Ivies, Williams, Amherst, etc. He charges a lot for his services, and only the upper middle class parents can afford it.
How is that fair to the middle classes and lower income kids who want a level playing field for entrance to these universities? 
They need to go back to in person interviews, at the very least. Most schools have gotten rid of them because they're so time consuming. Nowadays you can do them on Zoom, which is cheap and readily available. 
This maniacal race for college admissions has got to change. It's become completely unmanageable, unhinged. 
It's so much worse than it was a decade ago when my oldest child started the process. My youngest is caught up in the mayhem, and it's not healthy at all. [/quote]

If we want equality in education - MUCH MUCH more needs to be done at the k-12 level.  It's appalling how varied educational opportunities and environments are for children in this country.[/quote]

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