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Milk Malk posted:we would celebrate real accomplishments, like my freshman year roommate who traveled to 80 different countries across the world before his 18th birthday.
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Hitlers Gay Secret posted:I wonder why he wasted his father's money when he knew he had a cushy job awaiting him at his dad's office anyway.
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^^^e;f,b^^^ What should be the goal of college admission criteria? - maximize total utility in whatever way - detect those who will, right now, be the most successful at college - detect those who would, if everyone had had the same environment growing up, be the most successful - detect those who will, right now, be the most successful at college, and also make up for past injustices - detect those who would, if everyone had had the same environment growing up, be the most successful, and also make up for past injustices - ... Hitlers Gay Secret posted:I wasn't talking about the roommate, traveling is always cool.
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" who posted the anecdote.
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Discendo Vox posted:Those are a useful set of statements- would you be willing to modify your post by putting letters to them? They might thus help us distinguish what different testing and admission elements do or do not do.
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Okay, but what do you think should be the goals?
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What should be the goal of college admission criteria? 1. maximize total utility in whatever way 2. detect those who will, right now, be the most successful at college 3. detect those who would, if everyone had had the same environment growing up, be the most successful 4. detect those who will, right now, be the most successful at college, and also make up for past injustices 5. detect those who would, if everyone had had the same environment growing up, be the most successful, and also make up for past injustices 6. minimize the lot of whoever is going to be worst off (Rawlsian solution) 7. maximize profits of the university 8. ?
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blowfish posted:Everyone should have a shot at college
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blowfish posted:Everyone should have a realistic opportunity to apply for college and succeed in their studies. ... your parents' wealth or your skin colour don't predetermine whether you will. Really, everyone?
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Effectronica posted:Why not? Should universities simply be an annex of corporations? See http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3743911&pagenumber=4&perpage=40#post450858574
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blowfish posted:The academic means to reproduction.
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Typo posted:This might be unironically pretty true since the true benefits of university is networking with other people who are going to be in your industry
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