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I actually think this would be a good way to run admissions at ultra-selective elite universities - places like Harvard or Oxford where getting in or not can ma
by whoooooo123 4y ago
I actually think this would be a good way to run admissions at ultra-selective elite universities - places like Harvard or Oxford where getting in or not can make a huge impact on the entire rest of your life. Everyone knows the evaluation process is bullshit and highly dependent on luck, so why pretend otherwise? Just discard those applicants who don't meet some minimum objective standard (SAT scores or whatever) then pick the remaining names out of a hat.
It's never going to happen, but still. If people don't like it then maybe the solution is to improve the quality of other universities so that getting rejected from Harvard isn't such a big blow in the first place.
- bombcar 4y agoIt’s often not the quality as it is the network. It’s well known that many state schools have excellent business programs (think MBA) but that you should only ever go to your local one, because the network you get will be limited to that locality. Whereas NYU Stern or whatever is a world-wide network.
- texaslonghorn5 4y ago> places like Harvard or Oxford where getting in or not can make a huge impact on the entire rest of your life. ??
- whoooooo123 4y agoWhat part don't you understand?
- texaslonghorn5 4y agoI disagree that getting into those two schools makes such a huge impact.
- whoooooo123 4y agoI said that it can make a huge impact. I'm sure it doesn't always.