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Re:Top colleges should select randomly from a pool of ‘good ... by stale2002 on Monday August 24, 2020 @10:43PM (#24267700)
> It's not significantly more people.

Ok, well it is more people than the amount of spots that they take up.

> Those schools have more money. No one else does.

Ok, so if an elite person takes up one spot, but the extra money allows 2 more spots to open up, then that is a net increase in total number of slots. So that is still a benefit to the extra people who can go to that college.

Re:Top colleges should select randomly from a pool of ‘good ... by tfehring on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @02:53AM (#24268723)
Spots at elite universities are constrained for the sake of artificial scarcity, not because of financial considerations.