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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Apart from the collusion issue (which I think is a real obstacle), a key difference that makes it quite hard to import the UK system to the US is the US colleges' and universities' unwillingness to post entry requirements or guidelines. When you apply to a school in the UK, the university tells you the general minimum qualifications required for an offer. This has a natural winnowing effect that makes selecting only five unis to apply to more of a sure thing for applicants at every level. Secondly, there is a LOT more gatekeeping by secondary school counselors. This cuts down significantly on the YOLO applications but I think most American parents would find it intolerable.  [/quote]

It's interesting to note that on this thread several people are calling for a limit to the number of applications that can be submitted, but on one of the other threads about admissions from elite private high schools in the areas, several parents are irate by these school-imposed limits.

Which brings me back to the point I made up-thread, which is that [b]what parents want is for their kids to be admitted to their school of choice. Full stop. If that doesn't happen, something must be wrong with the system[/b].[/quote]

You are absolutely, positively 100% correct.

And not one of these silly suggestions enables that.  Because none of them magically make more chairs when the music stops.[/quote]

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