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Why transparency in college admissions is bad
Impose transparency on the holistic system used by selective colleges--a subjective judgment based on several factors--and the result is no less maddening. The admissions office would have to issue statements like "the candidate's extracurricular involvements were not as intense and her teacher recommendations not as impressive as those of candidates we accepted."
Maryland Superintendent of Schools Nancy S. Grasmick (AP).