Introduction : In the News-Julia and I discuss U Chicago’s new Early Decision Program

Interview with Jay Rosner-Part 2 of 4:

• Jay explains what he believes the motivations are for the elite colleges
• Jay answers the question, why should a highly selective school not use testing, after all, they need some factor to differentiate where most students have all A’s, and embellished recs and professionally polished writing,
• Jay rebuts the diamond in the rough theory, that argues that test scores help you to identify strong kids that are not highly resourced

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