> cultural background Language isn’t culturally agnostic. If classes where taught in Malagasy being well read would refer to a different set of books. > Then

> cultural background Language isn’t culturally agnostic. If classes where taught in Malagasy being well read would refer to a different set of books. > Then make it random, if that's the goal That’s not the goal, the point is any system that can be gamed will be gamed. You can’t game random, but you can easily have someone else write a kids collage admission essay which becomes more likely the more you weight it and the higher bar you set. > we'd figure out a way to test it. In many ways that’s why the SAT is preferred over the ACT. Having a large vocabulary, being able to express yourself, being able to think logically are all reasonable proxies. It also explains why the math section excludes calculus questions as transcripts already show if someone took calculus so they can focus on something else.