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Re:Ending Legacy Admissions at Johns Hopkins by leetcrew on Sunday January 19, 2020 @11:00AM (#22092067)
the obvious question is why does X skills have to remain constant? if you have ten times as many qualified applicants as slots, why not increase the rigor of your program until the decision gets a bit easier?
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Re:Ending Legacy Admissions at Johns Hopkins by ponsin on Sunday January 19, 2020 @11:56PM (#22096424)
Because the difference between scoring in the top 94% vs top 97% in the SAT does not correlate well with how good the student will be
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