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What is the logistical problem that setting up a weird university cartel is supposed to solve again? Students having to apply to more than one college?

• gervase 9y ago
  Reducing sub-optimal matchings between colleges and students, presumably. [0] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stable_marriage_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stable_marriage_problem
• leetcrew 9y ago
  in the whole article, i read only a couple sentences that explicitly talk about how any of these different approaches would actually benefit students, and what little there was was quite vague. on the other hand, they all seem to directly lower the burden faced by the schools themselves. in particular, knowing what other schools a student has applied to helps the college a lot (are we a reach? a safety? etc) but seems like it could only hurt an individual student. i vividly remember the stress of college applications, but i can't say it seems unnecessarily brutal to me. it is a very important process that will affect the rest of your life, and there is an inherent level of stress in these sorts of things. at the same time, there are a lot of tradeoffs that can be made depending on your tolerance for risk. i applied early decision to a school that was likely to accept me. i filled out one brief application and received my acceptance letter in early december. if your college admissions process is/was hell it is probably because of the expectations you (or your parents) set for yourself.
• dnr 9y ago
  Letting more of the money allocated to financial aid go toward less privileged students, instead of being used to attract students from wealthier families who don't need it as much. Also there was a suggestion that it could help lower tuition costs all-around, though that was less well argued than the first point.