...saying the exams underrepresent the abilities of some students, in particular minorities, while favoring those who can afford coaching....High school seniors with poor grades and even worse SAT scores, you may be just what one of the nation’s most prestigious liberal arts colleges is looking for.
You need not be president of the debate club or captain of the track team. No glowing teacher recommendations are required. You just need to be smart, curious and motivated, and prove it with words — 10,000 words, in the form of four, 2,500-word research papers.
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Good thing no such coaching exists for writing college papers. Good thing Barnard gave all the relevant research materials online because you know those ESL kids are really good at writing college-grade essays/reading dense material and those poor kids don't have long commutes or have to work or anything like that.