<p>I never argued they should "junk" the current system; just that it needs some correction in the face of recent trends. </p>
<p>As to specific ideas, I was hoping to encourage people to come up with suggestions rather than just put out my ideas.</p>
<p>I think relatively less emphasis on SAT GPA etc would allow more attention to a wider range of accomplishments and potential contributions. It would be a shift in relative weighting. I'd like to see more students with lower SAT and GPA but with something to offer (dedication and talent is not strongly correlated with SAT and GPA). </p>
<p>As to what other "objective measures" could be used, my point is that good simple measures are NOT available, and those who see SAT and GPA as offering this are not being very accurate. That makes for harder work in admissions, and perhaps it is unpleasant to come to terms with that.</p>
<p>The reason I am not spelling out the details is that I think that these need to emerge from a genuine discussion at many levels among students, alumni, professors, administrators, even us here on the CC board.</p>