Re:South Korean police impose curfew on late-night studying ...
by TuringNYC on Sunday February 23, 2020 @04:02AM
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Firstly - I’m sorry to hear about this experience and don’t want to undermine the pain here.
I’ll note that some of the schools I graduated from in the US (NYC) are moving from exams to a “holistic” system of entrance, and my feeling is that is even worse in many cases.
In the holistic system:
- you don’t know what the criteria is
- friendships and contacts matter
- you can’t study to fully strengthen your chances
- you don’t get feedback on what you are doing wrong
- in the extreme cases is very open to bias and corruption (eg many “holistic” systems actively filter out Asian candidates)
I’ll note that some of the schools I graduated from in the US (NYC) are moving from exams to a “holistic” system of entrance, and my feeling is that is even worse in many cases.
In the holistic system: - you don’t know what the criteria is - friendships and contacts matter - you can’t study to fully strengthen your chances - you don’t get feedback on what you are doing wrong - in the extreme cases is very open to bias and corruption (eg many “holistic” systems actively filter out Asian candidates)