I argued in a similar thread that universities should use tests just as a minimum filter. Sample equally from the top n% of scores. If you just take the very to

I argued in a similar thread that universities should use tests just as a minimum filter. Sample equally from the top n% of scores. If you just take the very top, you just get people who have trained for that specific test, not necessarily smarter students. Or even self motivated students if their parents put them up to it. But it really does suck that testing is so unreliable. Like for those merit based certification ideas, where they want people to pass a standardized test to get certified for a job. Instead of going to an expensive prestigious university to prove the same thing.