Objective or subjective admissions

Nrdsb4
Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:22:59 +0000

So, you still haven’t answered why it is ok to allow a small subset like those you mentioned, but not a small subset that I suggest.





Those subsets are already there. At any top school, you’ll find the well-rounded kids and the pointy kids (pointy in a whole host of dimensions - writing, math, theater, leadership skills, whatever). You seem to think that because some particular pointy kid you know didn’t get in someplace, that no similar pointy kids are getting in.



I basically said the same thing earlier, but he didn’t address it.



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And, finally, I don’t think high SAT kids make better all around students or campus contributors. I just think in a state school that strives to get a balanced population of artists, athletes, writers, leaders, etc, there should be a place for super high achieving kids who also have super high GPAs.



Do you know of any good state school which does not have a place for plenty of “super high achieving kids who also have super high GPA’s?” Those kinds of kids are present at every state school (even UVA)! Just because the odd kid with perfect stats who would *seem *to be a perfect candidate for a school doesn’t get in, does NOT mean that there are not numerous other “perfect candidates” who DID.