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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]End all preferences...  That is all...[/quote]

End all racial preferences and legacy preferences. [/quote]

Yup.

Focus admissions on merit and colleges on learning.

A revolutionary concept I know.

Speaking of preferences, is it just a coincidence that the last name of the NYT Publisher today is the same as that of the Founder?[/quote]

Athletic too, do away with the essay (crap, means nothing), do away with fake community service boosts, all of that stuff.

Perhaps only grades, or only test scores, or some new test or all of those combined but thats it.  No name on the app, no background, nothing...  Just assign a number.[/quote]

Sounds extreme, but perhaps the most fair system of all.

Don't UC and foreign schools do that essentially? Or that plus the essays?[/quote]

How about have just one test that all the kids take? It could be given on one day so no one has an advantage over anyone else, and then kids could be assigned to schools according to their scores on this one test. How does that sound?
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That's the French, Brit, Indian and Chinese system right?

We should consider it here.[/quote]

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