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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I post this over and over. When selective colleges look to fill their classes they try and construct a class with diverse students for two reasons: one is that they cannot have the best and brightest without being inclusive. Not all the bright and talented people are white or asian and (2) if they don't have a diverse student body they cannot offer a world class education. Being truly educated means that you know about the world and who inhabits it, not just a small slice of humanity. The idea that if your child gets in and mine who has higher scores and a higher GPA from a similar school does not get in, does not bother me because grades and scores are very narrow measures of achievement. Your child might also offer the college many things that mine does not, e.g. first hand knowledge about living in a racist community or playing the french horn.This has been said again and again. A top 20 college could easily fill its class with straight A and perfect to near perfect test takers, but they choose not too. They choose to look at the whole student and judge what this student will bring to their community. There is nothing discriminatory about this. [b]No one is entitled to a place because of any particular trait or achievement.[/b]
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+1000

Sadly, however, there are groups and individuals who will feel their achievements, box-checking, whatever, entitle them to a place at an elite school.  No amount of reasoning, common sense or fact will convince them otherwise.   You almost get the feeling that these folks need the name/status more than they want or care about what any particular university can offer them or what they might offer the university or their classmates.

Thankfully, sanity reigned and the court didn't buy the h-shit Fisher (and the anti-AA folks backing her) were trying to shovel.  And admissions offices don't seem keen to buy it either.  Perfect scores, GPA and all those other brag-able stats are rewarded with school awards, merit scholarships, and hopefully personal satisfaction.  With all the private tutoring, coaching, prepping and cramming going on these days, they shouldn't buy you any more than that.  The top colleges are rightly looking for that something special you'll add to the mix, as they should be.

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