[ExI] Well-roundedness and character

[Will Steinberg]

Hopefully they don't do this at University of Chicago where I went.  It
would suck to have less smart people there cuz that's kinda their thing.
Though they are already trying to be the next Harvard and started admitting
tons of normies

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020, 12:15 William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> That's BS.  There are hundreds, probably thousands,  of colleges where
> just about anyone can get into.  The only standard they have is 'the check
> did not bounce'.  Actually you can get into lots of colleges without a high
> school diploma if you agree to take remedial work.  Not that I agree with
> vague and nonacademic standards, you hear.  bill w
>
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 9:49 AM John Clark via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> The University of California system has permanently banned SAT and ACT
>> test results from being a factor in deciding who will be admitted to their
>> Universities. It's likely many other Universities in the US will follow
>> this lead. They said they did it because standardized testing is racially
>> biased due to the fact that rich white people can hire tutors to help their
>> kids score high on the tests but poor black kids can't. So from now on
>> admission will be based on subjective qualities like "well-roundedness" and
>> "character". Apparently the ability to kick a ball on a field or play water
>> polo in a pool or row a boat in a river shows great well-roundedness and
>> character.
>>
>> I agree with Quantum Computer expert Scott Aaronson when he said:
>>
>> *"As a result, admissions to the top US universities—and hence, most
>> chances for social advancement in the US—will henceforth be based entirely
>> on shifting and nebulous criteria that rich, well-connected kids and their
>> parents spend most of their lives figuring out, rather than merely mostly
>> based on such criteria. The last side door for smart nonconformist kids is
>> now being slammed shut."*
>>
>> Aaronson says if such a polacy had been in place when he was a kid he
>> would have never been admitted to any university much less gone to graduate
>> school and gotten a Phd.
>>
>> John K Clark
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