It's a funny article, but I was actually disappointed that the sincere question of how to "moneyball" college admissions was not explored. I don't think there e

It's a funny article, but I was actually disappointed that the sincere question of how to "moneyball" college admissions was not explored. I don't think there exists much evidence that college admissions officers at places like Harvard add much value beyond merely sorting students by grades and test scores (which themselves are highly predictive of future performance). My suspicion is that admissions officers have about as much predictive acumen as active fund managers (i.e., not very much), but I would be interested to see this tested empirically.