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its basically a lottery today when admission rate for top tier colleges is like 5%.
by ketchupdebugger 3y ago
its basically a lottery today when admission rate for top tier colleges is like 5%.
- dmix 3y agoA lottery for the top percentile is very different than a general lottery
- brewdad 3y agoNobody was suggesting throwing the 2.5 GPA kids in with the 4.5 GPA kids and sending them wherever. If MIT has a 4% acceptance rate, I can guarantee that more than 4% of those applicants could have succeeded there if a spot was available to them. Applicants already largely self-select whether to bother applying in the first place. The suggestion is that MIT or Northeastern State A&M for that matter set a minimum standard bar that they will consider. Then, all of those applicants that meet the standard are entered into a lottery to determine who gets the spots. It's not all that different from today except it eliminates the problems from whether Reader A or Reader B looks at your application and whether Reader A had a good night's sleep or a fight with their partner that morning.