"… Fortunately, conventional wisdom isn’t always founded in truth. The Atlantic recently published an article exploring why top colleges are growing disillusioned with high scores. Even GPAs have become suspect, with more than half of American high schoolers graduating with an average of A or better.
Does this mean that anyone who doesn’t score highly on the SAT with perfect grades should abandon her Ivy League dreams? No. On the contrary, top universities have begun to place less emphasis on metrics like test scores and are growing more interested in students who live well-rounded lives." …
So the 4.0uw, starting point guard/captain who leads a demonstration march while paying chello and can effectively write about the experience is a good candidate?
“So the 4.0uw, starting point guard/captain who leads a demonstration march while paying chello and can effectively write about the experience is a good candidate?”
Oh, no - that’s so yesterday. Now that candidate will need to submit a video of her/himself singing about the experience in an opera s/he wrote. But unless s/he is blind or a certified member of the obscure Betelgeuse tribe, the college will still be a Reach.