The original goal was to make the "elite education" a factor of the actual education itself. Minerva should be harder to get in to, by merit, than any other uni

The original goal was to make the "elite education" a factor of the actual education itself. Minerva should be harder to get in to, by merit, than any other university. At the same time, anyone who CAN pass that barrier should be let in. With Stanford/Harvard/etc there are thousands of people every year that qualify to get in, but are rejected because of the relatively small number of spots available. In that way, it should be possible to have an exclusive AND comparatively large program churning out top-tier students. Pessimism aside, you won't know if something like this will work in the market until you actually try it. Don't really feel like tackling the bigger socio-economic issues you brought up, but I think we more or less disagree on "society's" value structure and what to make of it. I think a big change is in order, and I'm really hoping Minerva can be part of that change.