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Congratulations, you've just created eighteen years of nothing but studying to the test in cram school, with family wealth being the strongest single predictor
by ip26 7y ago
Congratulations, you've just created eighteen years of nothing but studying to the test in cram school, with family wealth being the strongest single predictor of admission.
- linuxftw 7y agoPass/Fail. I think you're overestimating how difficult the test should be. I think it should be easy enough for almost anyone with a high school diploma to pass it.
- leetcrew 7y agothat sounds great, now how do you decide which of the 35,000 qualified applicants get to join the harvard class of 2024?
- linuxftw 7y agoIs harvard public or private? If it's public, you just take the first X applicants. If you don't have room for all of them, either make more room or setup a wait list. Are we saying there's not enough room in public universities to accommodate everyone? There seems to be enough room in secondary schools, and those should have a much high operating cost per student (buses, lunches, etc).
- username90 7y agoI grew up in a country where grades or hard numbers from tests is the only admission criteria and your scenario didn't happen, on the contrary several poor minorities were at the top.