September 19, 2010
For a Fairer Admissions Process, Read Between the Lines
I have always believed that at its core, the spirit of college admissions is—or at least should be—more about evaluating future potential than evaluating past performance. If we are to accept that these are not necessarily one and the same, we must also accept that the current admissions process is flawed.
Ask anyone to name the most important factors in a college application, and he or she will undoubtedly say high-school grades and standardized-test scores. Although
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