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Admissions system flunks the fairness test for students Thu Dec 26, 7:15 AM ET Cornell University has long asked students applying to the Ivy League college in central New York to submit essays so it could gauge their writing and thinking skills. In recent years, though, so many college-bound students have received professional writing and editing advice - or bought essays off the Internet - that Cornell has changed course. It now wants a student's high school paper, complete with markings by the teacher, as part of its application. Officials are so worried that students will embellish their acchievements they will start spot-checking applications in fall of 2003 for accuracy. And while most colleges use standardized admissions tests, such as the SAT and ACT, to compare the abilities of students from widely ranging high schools, the tests themselves are subject to gaming. Wealthier students are more likely to have access to expensive prepping courses and $100-an-hour tutors who can boost test scores. As a result, 16 colleges and universities over the past decade have dropped some or all of their requirement that students submit tests. With another round of college applications due starting New Year's Day, troubling signs such as these signal that the system for selecting applicants has run off track...
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