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A comment on ‘Lopping,’ ‘Tips’ and the ‘Z-List’: Bias Lawsuit Explores Harvard’s Admissions. Parent comment

Re:‘Lopping,’ ‘Tips’ and the ‘Z-List’: Bias Lawsuit Explores... by nindalf on Monday July 30, 2018 @09:20AM (#17644215)
A lottery appears to be a reasonable solution but it has a problem. The admissions system has two objectives - selecting students according to criteria that Harvard deems important and second, giving the public perception of selecting quality students. If it was publicly known that getting was a lottery, then the perception of quality takes a hit.
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Re:‘Lopping,’ ‘Tips’ and the ‘Z-List’: Bias Lawsuit Explores... by taormina on Monday July 30, 2018 @12:23PM (#17645622)
I mean, if we really have this many "perfect on paper and equivalent" students applying, toss out everyone who was less than perfect and then run the lottery on the cream of the crop.
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