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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]High stat DC got into an Ivy this year.
-not a legacy
-not an athlete
-not an URM
-not a faculty kid
-public school (not TJ)
-no crazy national/international awards
Just got super super lucky.[/quote]

Stats and major?[/quote]

1580, 4.6 weighted, Engineering[/quote]

Very impressive, congrats to your DC on getting in for one of the toughest majors. Essays must have been excellent![/quote]

The sad thing is the assumption that a kid with these stats wouldn't normally get in without a hook. Back in the day they would have sailed in![/quote]

Test prep culture has considerably cheapened the value of a 1580. [/quote]

No, 1580 is very hard to achieve prep or not.  
Everybody should study and prepare hard for major test such as SAT, MCAT, BAR exam, Professional Engineer exam, etc.

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Not a great comparison because the SAT is designed to determine kid’s ability to learn. The bar exam and professional engineering exams are to test what they have already learned.[/quote]

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-1 it's a great comparison because everyone is free to prepare.

It's like the Olympics where athletes train for 4 or more years. They are supposed to train - even if training gives them advantage. I don't know any elite athlete who simply shows up and expect to win the gold. Showong up and expect to take home the gold on the strength of the color of skin happens only at Harvard. [/quote]

This illustrates the changed attitude toward the SAT since “back in the day.” I think it’s a terrible waste. The SAT used to measure aptitude. Now there’s no way to tell whether a 1540 was achieved cold or after months of intense study. That means it’s not a reliable measure of either effort or aptitude.[/quote]

Kind of like the Olympics gold medal. We don't know if this is from the genetic gift of God or 4 years of blood and sweat training/prep that gave these athletes "unfair" advantage.  [/quote]

You are comparing Olympics with the SAT? And actually now that I think about it it a good example because most Olympic athletes are spoiled little fuxs who have their entire lives taken care of and sponsored, either by the state or by organizations much like the spoiled fuxs to get into the ivies. And then there's a small percentage that come from actual poverty and or no sponsorship and they make their way through grit and genetics. They don't have training facilities and meal prep and likely have a job or occupation besides training. Any of those two things are seen as the same and you see them as a group of people who have things in common but in fact they don't. And that's not to reduce the genetics and training that going to be an Olympic athlete in a state sponsored or commercially sponsored arena BUT you being saying to think that the very people who are sponsored from like 10 to 13 and have their entire lives around one thing are as good as the people who do 10 other things and still manage to compete against them. 
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This is wordy but PP makes an excellent point. [/quote]

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