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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was thinking of what a merit based system would look like: I've come up with a system where you get points based on your SAT or ACT score and your GPA. Those with the highest combination of the scores (can weight the SAT/ACT higher since there is a lot of grade inflation) would get first pick at any of the top schools and then it goes down the list. No more race to the top for extracurriculars- it would just be mainly studying super hard for the SAT.  The top colleges would likely comprise of mostly high income , coastal elites but you couldn't argue much with this. Any thoughts? What do you think would be the most merit based system?[/quote]

While there are lots of problems with this -- here are a couple:

1. Most of the best are private and they can admit who they would like in large part.  You could not force what you have proposed on the privates.

2. Top scores and grades get you crap.  That is the Asian and Euro model.  They get you smart people who are infected with group think and by all measures cannot innovate.

3. There would be no way to obtain uniformity of the high schools is academics or grading.  In Asia and Euro -- government controls those schools.  Here we have local school districts.  No way it could ever be ironed out.

4. Merit is in the eye of the beholder.  
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Agree with PP.

People who do really well on SATs overestimate their importance.  The things that aren't measureable.  Like EQ and and having a passion for a particular subject, job, industry.

We channel a lot of high-scorers into Wall Street, consulting, etc.  I'm not convinced that adds a ton of value to society as a whole.  [/quote]

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