NYU Dumps National Merit

[SlitheyTove]

<p>Some great quotes in that article.</p>

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William Fitzsimmons, the admissions dean at Harvard, chaired a National Association for College Admission Counseling commission that in 2008 criticized the National Merit program in a report, saying it was “misusing” the PSAT and should end the practice of using minimum test scores for merit aid eligibility.</p>

<p>“National Merit has never been transparent about, for example, the ethnic diversity of the people who receive National Merit scholarships, nor do we get any information about whether or not this very large amount of money is used by, for example, large numbers of people who have great financial need,” Fitzsimmons said in an interview.

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<p>Gotta love the chutzpah of someone affiliated with a private institution getting all grumpy and bothered when another private institution dares to choose how to spend their own money. :rolleyes: And really, the admissions dean at Harvard is complaining about another organization’s transparency? ROTFLOL.</p>