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If school quality and resources are not evenly distributed, don't 'hollistic' admission policies make things worse? A poor person can study for the SATs just l
by saint_fiasco 8y ago
If school quality and resources are not evenly distributed, don't 'hollistic' admission policies make things worse?
A poor person can study for the SATs just like the rich kids (expensive tutors don't actually raise the score very much), but there is no way they will have the same opportunities (money, time, connections) for the sort of fancy extracurriculars that rich kids do to impress admission committees.
- tacomonstrous 8y agoYes of course. My critique of the system as one meant for the fostering of elites carries the corollary that it's not a great one for underprivileged students. The actual solution is not messing around with admission criteria, but rather tackling the unequal distribution of opportunity at the primary and secondary school level.