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The College Essay Is Everything That’s Wrong With America - 3 Quarks Daily

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Yascha Mounk at his own Substack: The college essay is a deeply unfair way to select students for top colleges, one that is much more biased against the poor than standardized tests. The college essay wrongly encourages students to cast themselves as victims, to exaggerate the adversity they’ve faced, and to turn genuinely upsetting experiences into the focal point of their self-understanding. The college essay, dear reader, should be banned and…
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joannejacobs.com broke the news in on Sunday, April 6, 2025.
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