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Response To Harvard Report: Changes To The College Admission Process

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Response to Harvard Report A new Harvard report proposed several changes to the college admission process so it would allow more opportunities to a broader range of students. It proposed de-emphasizing standard testing. Family and community responsibilities should be taken into consideration. Colleges should have to look at the quality of the activities their applicants do, not the number. These changes, if implemented, could help broaden the range of students a college receives. The report said that standardized testing shouldn’t be as important. Standardized testing gives a national standard that colleges can use to compare to potential applicants. However, it shouldn’t be relied on. A student could do extremely well on the standardized

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