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Actually, AN. I don’t think this is cheating in the sense that the rules that were established weren’t exactly creating a level playing field to begin with. Plus, I’m not suggesting one mismark the ethnicity…But if some admissions person wants to classify a last name as such, nothing I can do about that, can I? Cheating no, exploiting a dumb rule, yes…. Just making a mockery of the system is what I’m getting at. Why should my kid have to work twice as hard to compete with twice as many people to get into the same programs over a stupid last name?[/quote]
I don’t disagree about taking advantage of the rule. All I was saying is, if your kids can’t even get a 3.5 in HS, they probably won’t be able to hang w/ the big boys at the top 20-30 university (due to either study habit or pure natural smarts). If they already are getting 4.0+ and they just want to increase their chances of getting in, then that’s a different story.
Cheating might be the wrong term to use, but the fact is, cheating the system to get yourself in won’t guarantee that they’ll be able to compete w/ the big boys for 4+ years and graduate.
