Commentary: What's less fair than the SAT? You might be surprised (via latimesopinion)
about her years supporting herself by charging wealthy families $150 an hour to write or rewrite their teens’ essays.”
Colleges have done almost nothing to stem the influence of high-priced private college admissions consultants whose fees can run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. They should at least require students to attest that they prepared their applications without expensive assistance. At minimum, colleges should consider accepting only essays that have been written in class and sent by the high school, to cut down on the rampant coaching that benefits students with financial means.is a definite improvement on the old one — shorter, less stressful, taken online and highly resistant to cheating because each student receives a unique test.
It makes sense to create a fairer and more meaningful college entrance exam, and UC, as the greatest public university in the nation if not the world, should play a major role in that. In the meantime, its job and that of universities nationwide should be reexamining college admissions from the ground up.