"[A]re scores for “likability” and “kindness” really proxies for other qualities that Harvard doesn’t want to admit are admissions factors?"https://quillette.com/2018/06/20/harvard-thinks-rich-people-are-better-than-you/ …
There’s something strangely off putting watching institutions flail around this issue. They were wrong in the beginning and are now trying to squeeze their way out. There really is no satisfaction in seeing this, especially when you realize it was real people affected.