We need meaningful reform that can't be gamed. This would mean that portfolios, unpaid internships, fancy extracurricular activities, and so on wouldn't count anymore. Everyone would be measured against exactly the same standard.
I guess we could take this back as far as you want to go with it. Some have been given the opportunity to have extended learning based on the fact that their gene pool is different which is unearned, some have been blessed with families who have the means to send them to private schools with perhaps better resources or teachers, none of which is going to be accounted for on test only entrance requirements.
Certainly we can use this thread as a venting session, however,
if an absolutely equal playing field is what you're after, I'm afraid you're never going to realize that, it's not how the competitive marketplace works whether we like it or not.
