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"more often than not, the kids who get the best test scores, have great grades, etc. are not the students who are most capable of making a difference. a lot of these students, from my experience, lack the leadership skills and attitude neccessary to be a difference maker."
I'm not sure that's true. There were kids in my daughter's class that were just innately bright. They got perfect test scores without doing test prep. They got great grades because they found even AP classes fairly easy. To challenge themselves they moved into ECs that interested them, and because they had the time to dedicate, found themselves eligible for leadership positions. If you don't have to study, you have immense amounts of spare time. So you can have the scores, grades, and proof you can make a difference.
And yes, some kids do hard work on test prep and studying to get the same grades and scores. I suspect often these are the kids that find it terribly unfair that EC, essays, or anything else count at all.
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