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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How will threats by the new administration impact admissions review of applications in the upcoming year? No more diversity essay? Or don't highlight anything dealing with diversity or equity and the like in your essays or ECs?

According to a Trump Administration official who spoke about Harvard:
“[They] should assign Office of [sic] Civil Rights employees to the Harvard admissions office and direct the university to hold no admissions meeting without their physical presence,” Eden wrote. “The Office of Civil Rights should be copied on every email correspondence, and Harvard should be forced to provide a written rationale for every admissions decision to ensure nondiscrimination.”

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2025/04/14/admissions-offices-brace-federal-scrutiny

It's not clear what his role is but it's safe to say there is pressure being exerted by the administration. Please, only comments on changes you think will occur - this is not an invite for trolls to hijack this thread![/quote]

I wish this happened last year.

The diversity essays are nothing sort of ridiculous. At 14 to 17 years of age, children do not have to come up with stuff they did to show how inclusive or diverse they are.

Thank you Trump!

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You likely also believe that merit is solely defined by a test score. Your post above is a great example of inadequate intellect and your need to push for a narrow and inaccurate definition of merit to compensate for your intellectual deficiencies.
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In almost all of the rest of the world, merit is in fact mostly defined by a test score.

Is America right and the rest of the world wrong about this?[/quote]

Considering the prestige of our universities, the incredible volume of useful research, the Nobel prize count, etc...  YES.

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Almost all from a time when merit was defined by a test score.  How much of that research is from people who scored poorly on standardized tests?[/quote]

Albert Einstein famously failed the entrance exam to the Swiss Federal Polytechnic in Zurich, Switzerland.  And once he made it to university he was the second worse student who graduated.

Test scores are just one part of the formula. Thousands of years of history have taught the world that "smart" isn't enough on its own.

Resilience is another part which is why universities make accommodations for people who have the personality to work through setbacks. [/quote]

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