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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are people making graphs suggesting essays are something other than merit?[/quote]

I'm not commenting on the graphs, but regarding essays:

The essays may convey some notion of merit, but it is a far more ambiguous notion of merit.  Two different evaluators may score the same essay quite differently.  Furthermore, an essay-writing evaluation would also be heavily influenced the writer's ability to sway the reader with their writing, a skill which some might not consider to be of most prominent importance for admissions to a STEM school.  Finally, essay scores would be influenced by native English speaking ability, which is not a metric of merit.[/quote]
Applicants have boasted gaining admission offer by simply putting a period in the essay box to get past the required field.  Broken English was also intentionally included in the sob stories, not sure why.  But the tricks of gaining admission sure are interestingly different now. [/quote]

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