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Another article on the front page decries Harvard’s holistic approach to admission - with arguments that admission should be based on a single measure of academ
by dfee 8y ago
Another article on the front page decries Harvard’s holistic approach to admission - with arguments that admission should be based on a single measure of academic performance (like standardized test scores, GPA, etc.).
- lostcolony 8y agoYes, but holistic approaches have -also- become a target. Think of the over-achieving high schoolers doing as many extra-curriculars as possible just for their college application.
- stevenwoo 8y agoThe most interesting approach I have seen as an alternative to current ones is the one that suggests emphasizing the student body of the school - leading parents to self integrate their K-12 schools on racial and socioeconomic factors. This would be unassailable under the current legal attacks used to fight against affirmative action. https://ylpr.yale.edu/shifting-scope-how-taking-school-demographics-account-college-admissions-could-reduce-k-12 https://ylpr.yale.edu/shifting-scope-how-taking-school-demog...