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You've described a system where, if an exceptional kid comes from a lower-performing school, there is nothing they can do to gain entrance to the top universiti
by rossjudson 6y ago
You've described a system where, if an exceptional kid comes from a lower-performing school, there is nothing they can do to gain entrance to the top universities.
I wonder if the effects are visible when comparing allocation of spots vs past years. Or is that what they are optimizing for? To achieve the same allocation across feeder schools as the year before?
- Twirrim 6y ago> You've described a system where, if an exceptional kid comes from a lower-performing school, there is nothing they can do to gain entrance to the top universities. You're right, and that's what is happening this year. Straight A students that had solid offers from major universities have found themselves with Bs, and seen those places vanish in the mist. Stupidly, if they just accepted this year as a weird year where everyone did a better than normal, it would be less negatively impactful than what they've opted for. Even worse, this was literally what Scotland just went through a few weeks ago. There's just no excuse for it.
- toyg 6y agoThat’s precisely the point. Classist England elected a classist government who implemented a classist algorithm.