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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a terrible idea.  They already have the quotas from each good high school, so that already limits how many kids from a certain high school that a college will take.

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Not a terrible idea. There are plenty of schools that are less known to admissions offices simply because so few have applied to a particular college in the past. Let’s say a hypothetical applicant for the 2023 class applies, but she may not make it past the first round for more consideration because her stats are at the 50% of admitted student mark and her rec letters and extracurriculars aren’t stellar.

What the admissions officer may not know is that her school has a crappy (or no) college counselor, her teachers who don’t really know how to write a rec letter for a selective college, and she takes care of siblings before and after school. Why wouldn’t you want the admissions office to take their high school and circumstances into account? The student lives where they do due to an accident of birth and their parents. I personally think that when that kid shows she can succeed at that college academically she should get full consideration. Which is what this index is about.

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