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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bottom line:  [b]The system is fine tuned for the colleges to build exactly the class they want. [/b] If you want to change the system you'll have to start by convincing them to not do that.  Unlikely to ever happen, and with good reason.

The mistaken assumption is that elite colleges simply take the X best candidates and offer admission to them.  Completely untrue and it has never been that way.  They build a class to accommodate a long list which makes up their institutional mission.  And in the current system they do it extremely well, test scores or no test scores.[/quote]

I am certain the cool aid you drunk was tasty. This is another one of those lies. Absolute BS! Colleges may want certain geographic & racial mix and work towards that but there is no way it is conceivable that they are able to compose a mix of personalities by reading one or two essays. It is not possible for even a trained psychologists/psychiatrists to do so let alone by a bunch of AOs whose only aim to learn the ropes of the trade and become private consultants or enroll in the same school for a better job later on.     [/quote]

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