“Merit is all about resourcefulness,” David Coleman, chief executive of the College Board, said in an interview on Thursday. “This is about finding young people who do a great deal with what they’ve been given. It helps colleges see students who may not have scored as high, but when you look at the environment that they have emerged from, it is amazing.” Read Full Article in the NY Times | May 16, 2019

For more information about this topic, read "The Tyranny of Meritocracy" by Harvard Law School Professor Lani Guinier in The Chronicle of Higher Education | Jan. 5, 2015