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When this is tried, it does not output ideologically-pleasing student demographics. Presumably because all objective tests of merit are hopelessly biased. Calt
by wycs 8y ago
When this is tried, it does not output ideologically-pleasing student demographics. Presumably because all objective tests of merit are hopelessly biased.
Caltech is such a school. And its population is largely largely Asian and Jewish, both demographics Harvard has a history of discriminating against.
I am sure Caltech’s administration is considered hopelessly reactionary, but their graduates have the highest number of Nobel prizes per capita. But again, what sort of merit does a Nobel prize prove? Look at the demographics of the winners.
- ForHackernews 8y agoCaltech is an unusually focused school. If your only goal is to churn out future STEM PhDs, admitting based on an objective math test is probably not a bad approach. Harvard's goal, traditionally, has been to [re]produce the ruling class of America, and their admissions criteria are geared accordingly.
- trhway 8y agoas a math grad myself i wish the ruling class consisted of Caltech and similar math/physics/other "real" sciences graduates :)
- wycs 8y agoSee Singapore for such a country.
- paulsutter 8y agoOver the coming decades, my bet would be on - Stanford to produce the ruling class of America, and for - Harvard to produce the ruling class of Mad Men season 1 (just based on the criteria in the article)
- tzs 8y agoCaltech seems to be considerably less Jewish than Harvard. Caltech is about 3x as Jewish as the general 18-21 population. Harvard is around 14x as Jewish as the general 18-21 population. I'm getting this from a chart about halfway down the the following very long article [1]. (Note: I have not read that article. I just searched for info on Jewish enrollment at colleges, and found that chart). [1] https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-myth-of-american-meritocracy/ https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-myth-of...