> The tests have been gamed by a test prep industry that extracts money from wealthy families. No matter what you do, it will be gamed by money from wealthy fa

> The tests have been gamed by a test prep industry that extracts money from wealthy families. No matter what you do, it will be gamed by money from wealthy families, because successfully graduating from one of these schools opens doors! For example, one thing that rich families are doing now is getting apartments in "ghettos" so that certain institutions that use an address as a proxy for "diversity" will include them. Whenever you have something of value (like an Ivy League education), people are going to compete for it. Short of a literally random lottery that cannot be sold, there is zero way to change that. > Professors would rather teach exceptional, motivated students from all walks of life Exceptional, motivated students have never had a problem getting into schools. Universities have long adored the idea of having "church mouse" geniuses, but it turns out that there are only so many of them. These self-motivated, exceptional students never had to worry about the SAT, because they knocked it out of the park ... without coaching!