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<p>No, but you said the colleges shouldn't put much weight on GPA, SATs, ECs, and APs, which are currently four of the six or so main pillars of college admissions at most schools. Such a reform would be a de facto junking of the current system.</p>
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<blockquote> <p>Indeed, some would say that real science is more about proving something is not correct than proving what is correct (I'm not making this up, ask a scientist).<<</p> </blockquote>
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<p>I am a scientist myself, and in my business it's a pretty poor scientist who criticizes current ideas or theories without offering any alternatives.</p>
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<p>I think it's okay to consider modifying it too. But I think what we've got today is VASTLY better than what we had forty years ago, when getting admitted to an Ivy league school was more about wealth, privilege, and connections than any sort of merit, however imperfectly measured.</p>
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<blockquote> <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> </blockquote>
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<p>Well, why don't you start the ball rolling among us here on CC with a few concrete ideas of your own? My suspicion is that you haven't got any. Complaining about problems is easy. Solving them is hard.</p>