The only reason so many people will put so much emphasis on anything is that it eventually impacts their socio-economic status. == we need a new/different test

The only reason so many people will put so much emphasis on anything is that it eventually impacts their socio-economic status. == we need a new/different test. University was a proxy for 'merit', coming on the heels of the Enlightenment during the 18th and 19th centuries.