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Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by andreilys on Friday July 23, 2021 @04:19PM (#27935137)
The problem is that every approach to university admissions will be flawed.

Personally I think there should be a lottery system after a certain grade/extracurricular cut-off. The difference at a certain point between students is negligible and a lottery system would help alleviate some bias. Of course there's plenty of things wrong with this approach as well, you're never going to find something that pleases everyone.

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Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by dlp211 on Friday July 23, 2021 @04:40PM (#27935381)
I'm not sure of any state universities using a lottery, but some do automatically admit the top N% of students from every high school. For example, U of Texas admits the top top 6% or every high school.
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Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by sjg007 on Saturday July 24, 2021 @09:49AM (#27940912)
Random stable matching would work.. rank your top 5 and they rank you.
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