Quote Originally Posted by Licity View Post
Nice satire! It's pretty rare that I see written satire that makes sense nowadays.
What? I am totally serious about this. (Thanks.)

Quote Originally Posted by Licity View Post
Well, if it's phrased like that...

I have no sympathy for the "less fortunate" whatsoever if it means I have to take a hit to my GPA for the purpose of giving a place in college to some worthless teenager that barely does anything other than draw breath several times a minute. Very few people that would actually deserve something like this are going to get it, and colleges will figure out what's going on and change the application process accordingly.

It's fairly obvious that grade points are not in limited supply. The number of points in the school system depend on the effort of the students. Ten people taking a test worth 100 points could end up putting 1000 more points in, or putting 0 more in.
Effort? Damn, then we need to hit the fat cats even harder. I would hate to have to expect effort from the less fortunate. If colleges do what you are talking about, they need to be sued for their mean spiritedness against (otherwise) F students.