Re:UC Berkeley inappropriately admitted students as favors t...
by analog31 on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @11:29AM
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I always thought to myself, what if I take the test and pass it? Then what?
If I fail, that's easy. I lick my wounds and go home.
But if I pass? The shape of the distribution -- basically slicing off one end of a bell curve -- means that in all likelihood, I would be at the lower end of the IQ scale within the group, even if at the upper end within the overall population.
So I'd be taking a test and paying money for the privilege of being the dumbest person in the room. It hardly seemed attractive to me.
If I fail, that's easy. I lick my wounds and go home.
But if I pass? The shape of the distribution -- basically slicing off one end of a bell curve -- means that in all likelihood, I would be at the lower end of the IQ scale within the group, even if at the upper end within the overall population.
So I'd be taking a test and paying money for the privilege of being the dumbest person in the room. It hardly seemed attractive to me.