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A lottery appears to be a reasonable solution but it has a problem. The admissions system has two objectives - selecting students according to criteria that Har
by nindalf 8y ago
A lottery appears to be a reasonable solution but it has a problem. The admissions system has two objectives - selecting students according to criteria that Harvard deems important and second, giving the public perception of selecting quality students. If it was publicly known that getting was a lottery, then the perception of quality takes a hit.
- taormina 8y agoI mean, if we really have this many "perfect on paper and equivalent" students applying, toss out everyone who was less than perfect and then run the lottery on the cream of the crop.