College Cheating Scandal: An Admissions Officer Speaks Out

Re:College Cheating Scandal: An Admissions Officer Speaks Out by akhilcacharya on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @10:45AM (#19379131)

> For example, Harvard could fill its undergrad ranks with valedictorians alone, twice over.

I think this is a valid argument overall but all valedictorians aren't made the same. My alma mater isn't high tier at all (NC State) but a huge chunk of my entry class was valedictorians...from tiny rural high schools with a graduating class of 50 (mine was a suburban high school with a graduating class of 40).

> the primary purpose of today's elite universities is to maintain social stratification

I think that this is their prerogative. But society should change, not the same ~10 universities.

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Re:College Cheating Scandal: An Admissions Officer Speaks Out by hn_throwaway_99 on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @11:54AM (#19379892)

> I think that this is their prerogative.

If that's their prerogative, then they should come out and say it instead of pretending it's not true. Also, shouldn't we as a society at large take a better look at whether Federal funding is best used to maintain social classes?

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