That is a great read. It has been posted several times but didn't get much traction, unfortunately. > Admissions to Ivy league schools is not as objective as i

That is a great read. It has been posted several times but didn't get much traction, unfortunately. > Admissions to Ivy league schools is not as objective as it should be. There is too much focus on fluff and not ability/potential (e.g., meaningless "volunteer work"). To expand on this a little bit: he describes the current admissions systems as "eye-of-newt-wing-of-bat mysticism that jerks teenagers and their moms around and conceals unknown mischief" and he laments that "test-based selection used to be the enlightened policy among liberals and progressives, since it can level a hereditary caste system by favoring the Jenny Cavilleris (poor and smart) over the Oliver Barretts (rich and stupid)." (aside: I don't understand why the parent story was modded into oblivion over the course of 10 minutes)