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Setting the racial aspect to one side, is there anything of value in "admissions readers" in a gargantuan administrative bureaucracy rating young kids on their
by topynate 8y ago
Setting the racial aspect to one side, is there anything of value in "admissions readers" in a gargantuan administrative bureaucracy rating young kids on their "likability"?
- tabtab 8y agoPeople skills are helpful to success. I can testify to that as someone with insufficient amounts.
- drak0n1c 8y agoThe parent comment seems to be emphasizing the point that bureaucrats who have never met/interviewed the students shouldn't be the ones deciding which students have the potential to develop positive people skills. Their alleged leaning on stereotypes to make those decisions is unsurprising given such constraints.
- Symmetry 8y agoEspecially since the alumni interviewers who actually meet the candidates give Asian candidates basically the same marks for personality as White candidates.
- hackinthebochs 8y agoBut are the students who meet with alumni a representative sample? If I were a socially inept applicant I would take my chances without the interview.
- Symmetry 8y agoThe way it worked when I was interviewing was that every applicant had an interview.
- uhohnotgood 8y agoIt's not just alumni. Asian applicants were rated basically the same on "Personality" scores from teacher letters, counselor letters, alumni interviews, etc. Everything except their final grade (which is the only place that includes essays, I believe). However, I find it incredibly unlikely that asian applicants are so bad at writing essays that it's singlehandedly tanking their personality score that drastically.
- gizmo686 8y agoPlausible deniability for illegal/unpopular admissions practices.