For those interested in this topic also see this article previously discussed on HN, titled “America is flunking math”, by three university professors: https://

For those interested in this topic also see this article previously discussed on HN, titled “America is flunking math”, by three university professors: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27202337 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27202337 Also see this past discussion on Harvard dropping test scores: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23535528 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23535528 The expected impact of these changes in testing is that admissions will be less about merit, and effectively punish Asian students who are on average more meritorious and therefore earn more college seats than you would expect based on their population numbers. Therefore these other discussions about “holistic” admissions processes are also worth visiting: Harvard rating Asian students lower on personality traits as part of their “holistic” admissions process: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17320360 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17320360 More on quirks of Harvard’s admissions, like their “z-list”: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17641360 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17641360 Yale’s discrimination against Asians: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24149352 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24149352