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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think reality is not so black and white, as always it is more grey. I do support favoring kids who are working jobs and then working hard to achieve good results in academics, regardless of race and ethnicity. However, I do think that due to Asian Americans doing well on test scores, schools/colleges have suddenly started placing more emphasis on non academic aspects of an application. That is the only way they can promote sports and other fluff and accommodate White and Black kids.

I was at my 6th grader's promotion ceremony the other day, their school handed out every single award under the sun for patrol, choir, theater, art, community service but there was absolutely no recognition of academic achievement. Partly, it was also so that they could inflate the egos of PTA moms by giving their kids these fluff awards but it really surprised me.

Having said that, this world is not fair and owes us nothing. We have to roll with the punches and come out strong. Guess who they will be calling when that "holistic" admissions doctor botches up the surgery.[/quote]

Except holistic admissions is not hurting anyone that way.  To become a doctor you must gain admission to medical school, you must survive and pass medical school, then you must complete a rigorous residency successfully and pass the boards to be a certified doctor.  If you are not up to speed, you are not doing that.  Holistic admissions recognizes that there is more to life than just test taking---but yes if you want to be a doctor, test taking/actually learning the material is important.  To be an successful undergrad at Harvard, not so much so----there is a time and place for everything[/quote]

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