<p>If you had the power to change the standard of admissions at top universities in the country, what changes would you seek? </p>
<p>And actually put some thought into this. No predictable responses like "The girls have to be hot! Lol bro!"</p>
<p>allow more students to transfer</p>
<p>I wouldn’t change much. I think some schools could afford to adopt a more holistic approach, but I wouldn’t want too much emphasis taken off grades or test scores either.</p>
<p>Have a Holistic process.</p>
<p>i would allow in more freshmans and transfer,</p>
<p>Force every American school to use the Common App with no supplement but also force the Common App to adjust to accommodate schools who don’t want to be holistic. Think how amazing it would be to only do one app and just send it where you want and also how good the common app essays would be because they would be your only essay!</p>
<p>^ I thought that ( how much easier it is) when doing common app, turned out that my counselor and teacher had to submit individual forms to each school through mail.</p>
<p>less cave-dweller kids who never see the light of day</p>
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<p>Isn’t that kind of what we have now, especially when compared to the stats-centered approach of almost every other country’s university admissions system?</p>
<p>Not really. Example: University of Iowa, great school and I could possibly be attending there ( depends on financial situation and other options of schools) but the school has a RAI system to identify your acceptance. Also, not just Iowa but I’m sure other schools also have something similar to RAI but its just not publicy open like Iowa’s.</p>
<p>I don’t like the common app. I am glad I didn’t have to use it.</p>
<p>I didn’t even know what a common app was before I started coming to this forum.</p>
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<li><p>Applications shouldn’t cost a ridiculous amount, like $75. many students don’t even know about fee waivers or how to get one, they see the fee and think, “hey this is a rich kid’s school, I won’t bother” (and fancy private schools often have great aid)</p></li>
<li><p>No SAT subject tests, those are extra useless hoops to jump through</p></li>
<li><p>Instead of the SAT or ACT, one test that everyone takes - includes math, science, English/reading. Writing sections are useless because no one can write a good essay in 10 mins and the science section shouldn’t be stupid graphs</p></li>
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<p>socialize college (can i do that?) and completely abandon any attempt to score one’s intelligence through a test</p>
<p>I know I’m gonna get slammed for this, but - no more affirmative action. It is beyond ridiculous.</p>
<p>affirmative action is a good idea in theory but it has yet to be implemented unerringly into college admission yet. like when after hearing that two minority folk applied, a college’s admission feels accomplished by that fact and kid themselves that the school is now proportionate to society (with only two minorities)</p>
<p>the admission folk kid themselves that all is fair in the world because two minorities were admitted. (i think im being redundant)</p>
<p>I second the CommonApp being used for EVERY college, more transfers allowed to be accepted, and I would include more efficient electronic processing. For stuff like sending a certified copy of your high school transcript via internets, every school that doesn’t already have a website where they show the students admissions status would now have one, etc.</p>
<p>Everybody realizes that admitting more transfers would mean admitting fewer freshmen, yes?</p>
<p>The reason they cant admit more freshman/transfers is because there’s simply no more housing for these kids…if there was they would accept more. </p>
<p>Admissions is fine now imo.</p>
<p>I don’t think affirmative action is a good idea in theory. Whoever is the most qualified for a job, college acceptance, etc., should get it, regardless of race or gender. Neither race nor gender directly affects how qualified an applicant is, so it shouldn’t be a factor when selecting applicants from a pool of people. Affirmative action is reverse racism, plain and simple. If it were up to me, the section asking for race on the Common App would not exist.</p>
<p>Sometimes affirmative action benefits females applying for management positions, so someday, affirmative action could potentially work in my favor, and I STILL think it’s ridiculous.</p>