The closer we get to disregarding the power of legacy the better. Student athletes need a close look as well. When I went to UVA I had a class with an athlete who only showed up for syllabus day and the final.
The big problem UVA will have, though, is that it wants geographical representation from Virginia.
Northern Virginia, however, accounts for the vast majority of the applicants with the highest test scores in the state.
The idea that applicants are evaluated "on their story" is bogus, and anyone who went to TJ knows it -- they just draw a GPA line and admit everyone above it and reject everyone below it. Figuring out how to solve the problem of rural admissions is pretty similar to figuring out how to solve race-based admissions. Glad I'm not at the helm for that one.
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The only way through this is for hiring companies, government and other non-profit entities to expand some, not all, of their recruiting pool to some general admission schools. They can go to a more general admission state school and recruit a couple of its highest achieving students.
The primary reason for the hyper admissions focus at select schools has little to do with the education. Its all about access to the firms and agencies that recruit exclusively at these schools. The path to plumb Wall Street, Tech, Court Clerkships, Law and Entertainment jobs are through the selective schools.… Read more
We also need to emphasize to young people that there are plenty of paths to social success that aren't just Wall Street and the like. Working for a tooling company or a packaging company can lead to business and person success. We need more people going to work in places between the big metros too.
