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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree it's dog crap. Schools use it to social-engineer the class makeup they want, the most egregious example being Harvard's longstanding practice, as revealed in the lawsuit against them, of reducing the number of Asian admits by scoring them low on esoteric "likeability" metrics.[/quote]

The biggest case of this was admitting David Hogg after he took a gap year.  Before the shooting (a tragedy and I am not denying that), he got rejected from like UCSD.  1210 or something SAT.  Took a gap year; got into Harvard. Sad to exploit tragedy.  Probably met a professor or something that pulled strings.

Wonder where the kid that sued the newspaper over the MAGA Hat from the Catholic School will go? [/quote]

David Hogg is EXACTLY the type of kids most T25 schools are searching for.  Someone that is a leader and will do something with their life.  He took a year off/gap year and became a prominent gun control activist during that time.  Harvard and the like are looking for kids who will be future leaders, who are motivated to DO something, not just follow others.

He was not "exploiting a tragedy".  He will be a lifelong gun activist and work to make the world a safer place.   Much better than kids who "start a charity for 1-2 years" that really didn't do anything and it dies as soon as they get into a college.  [/quote]

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