Re:Throw Out the College Application System
by moeamaya on Sunday October 05, 2014 @05:35PM
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I'm thrilled that MIT last year added maker portfolios to their undergrad applications. I chatted with a couple freshman who said they spent less time prepping for the SAT and got to use that time to work on their side projects instead. It's still early but hopefully other universities consider different metrics by which to define academic capability.
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They've been there implicitly for a long time, I've been told MIT has looks for evidence an applicant can do projects. A couple I included in my 1979 application almost certainly helped push me over the top.