<p>Jian Li was just a boring student that sat in his room studying all day. How is he contributing to Yale where he now attends? All he does is "study hard, study hard, and study hard, and study hawd!"</p>
<p>Look at the problems berkeley is having with a predominantly asian campus. people say how there is so much segregation there. college deans need to produce diversity within schools, not just admit people based on grades and sats. BORING.</p>
<p>racist, eh?</p>
<p>ha-ha-ha-
it's so fun to be racist! "study hawd!" really lakers, i agree, nothing as fulfilling as making fun of Chinese accents. And I tertally know where you're coming from. nothing as BORING as CHINESE PEOPLE!!!!!
Really dude. Racism rocks.</p>
<p>(again, ...cross posting...fun..)</p>
<p>I'm not racist and I have no idea what you are talking about. Ever heard of a typo.</p>
<p>Have you also ever considered how boring a campus would be if it was just made up of 2400 and 4.0s and not good lax or bball players?</p>
<p>a typo. Great. like that princeton article. Yep. full of <em>typos</em>.</p>
<p>yeah, campuses would be pretty boring if it was made up of test scores and not actual students.</p>
<p>...
(that was cute)</p>
<p>All I'm saying is that admissions shouldn't be based solely on a freaking sat score and gpa, but on athletic ability, your parents, extracurricular activities, your future prospects, ability to contribute to campus, athletics, etc.</p>
<p>that's true. i'm not sure how that fits in with the rest of what you're saying though.</p>
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<li><p>admission into uchicago is not based solely on test scores and gpa's, if that' what you're implying. the essays are a big part, for one thing.</p></li>
<li><p>much as i don't think i'd like to go to berkeley, i don't think you should bash it. for the kids who are economically disadvantaged, i think it's great that a state school can be the 'poor man's harvard.' an institution in a system that large simply doesn't have the resources to look at all those other things you mentioned, unfortunately.</p></li>
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<p>Who ever said admissions ought to be based solely on test scores? If there are schools that adhere to this ridiculous principle, it is certainly not UChicago. One doesn't get admitted there based on a few silly numbers. Quite the opposite, in fact. I daresay many of the Ivies are even more numbers-oriented than Chicago...</p>
<p>Haha, cross-posted again! :D</p>
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All I'm saying is that admissions shouldn't be based solely on a freaking sat score and gpa, but on athletic ability, your parents
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really... YOUR PARENTS should be a deciding factor in whether or not you're accepted into an institution.
Truly, you're somebody that knows what would make up a good student body (:confused:)</p>
<p>parents and trustees help pay for a lot of FA.</p>
<p>And whether or not somebody can pay should be a deciding factor?
What about the under-priveleged person that goes on to become a CEO (hinceforth being able to give a TON of money back, and thereby giving more resources to a school)?</p>
<p>Paris Hilton has cash. You're right, I want her to be my study-buddy for my final.</p>
<p>Heaven forbid something (that, by definition<em>, is an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university) base acceptance on knowledge</em>*</p>
<p><em>according to wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
*</em>knowledge, not as in sitting and studying, but instead upon intellectual curiosity.</p>
<p>I want to hear the side of somebody that chose Harvard over UChi and hear as to why they chose it...</p>
<p>Dude... don't make fun of Paris Hilton. What's wrong with you? She's my idol.</p>
<p>Jerk.</p>
<p>Fine, you can choose any superficial millionaire celeb that isn't known for their brilliance and i'll edit my post to match. :) fair enough?
edit: no political bashing, please</p>
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All I'm saying is that admissions shouldn't be based solely on a freaking sat score and gpa, but on athletic ability, your parents, extracurricular activities, your future prospects, ability to contribute to campus, athletics, etc.
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<p>To my knowledge, there is only one school that focuses quite heavily on sat scores / GPA, even over other factors, and it seems to be reflected in their SAT midrange: Caltech. Other than that, I fail to see how your statement above applies to UChicago. Have you even bothered to look at the decisions thread for Chicago? UChi is extremely forgiving with regards to GPA/test scores and values the essays greatly, perhaps more than any other school I am aware of.</p>