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We’re about to see an end to standardized tests for college admissions. This is paving the way for discrimination against good students who wish to attend elite
by keith___talent 6y ago
We’re about to see an end to standardized tests for college admissions. This is paving the way for discrimination against good students who wish to attend elite universities. Currently elite universities ideas of diversity and “personality” are more important than upholding educational standards.
It is simply wrong to evaluate and condemn a person based on race. To justify any kind of discrimination on the idea that you are helping one person, you are hurting another. This an equally problematic, it’s taking us back to times before equal rights and for people to be judged on their abilities.
Hoping a brilliant student will apply to a university twice and deepfake their race in one of their admission interview videos.
- kenjackson 6y agoWhy do good students have more of a right to attend elite colleges than other students? Why don’t we prefer hard working students or students that played the most sports? There’s nothing inherently special about being a good student.
- pyronik19 6y agoBecause it can't be elite its filled with people who are mediocre. It's in the name... elite. Everytime you just let someone in on some flimsy diversity grounds you debase degree.
- collyw 6y agoDo you have any evidence of that
- kenjackson 6y agoIt’s not in the name. The presumption is that elite means other good students, and not the school itself. When I buy elite golf clubs, it means the clubs are elite not other people who buy it are. Now you can argue part of the reason to attend college is because of your classmates. And then I’d ask is the best experience a bunch of kids who are simply good at school?
- tacheiordache 6y agoHow do you differentiate a good student as in a bright individual who has good grades but who doesn't "prepare" continuously versus a very good test taker and ambitions in this test taking sense and who is also able to prepare for any type of standardized test and ace them but, not as bright as the former? Surely not by race, that's no fun but standardized tests can be gamed and that was not their intention.
- WalterBright 6y agoBy making the standardized tests not the sole criteria.
- grugagag 6y agoBut how can they ensure that part cannot be gamed though? By choosing something non objective, this giving a little opening for inept but rich students? I understand that their funding is needed so why don’t they make a clear standard as in 1M donation or whatever is expected of these silverspoons?
- WalterBright 6y agoThe more criteria are used, the harder it will be to game, as you'd have to game all of them.