> Some sort of randomness would guarantee a diversity of candidates and would even span across dimensions which are not even considered currently. It wouldn't

> Some sort of randomness would guarantee a diversity of candidates and would even span across dimensions which are not even considered currently. It wouldn't create as much randomness as you think. For example, nearly 90% of student who score 1500+ on the SATs are Asian or white. [1] It's nearly the same for 1400+. If an Ivy set its lottery cutoff to be at a level that kept its average and interquartile range the same as it currently is, their admitted class would follow this pattern. 1: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/sat-math-scores-mirror-and-maintain-racial-inequity/ https://www.brookings.edu/articles/sat-math-scores-mirror-an...