Why are 38 percent of Stanford students saying they're disabled?

Re:Why are 38 percent of Stanford students saying they're di... by bradlys on Thursday December 04, 2025 @04:56PM (#46153648)

Even in the top 1% there’s a limited amount of positions. Everyone wants every advantage possible over everyone else. That is how the market is. Even for Stanford students there is a hierarchy.

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Re:Why are 38 percent of Stanford students saying they're di... by jaredklewis on Thursday December 04, 2025 @05:43PM (#46154222)

Yes, I agree with that, but that still doesn't explain why it would be a good idea to give some students more time on a test. It explains why students would be incentivized to game the system and get more time. But it doesn't explain why we have this strange system to begin with.

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Re:Why are 38 percent of Stanford students saying they're di... by bradlys on Thursday December 04, 2025 @09:14PM (#46156094)

Probably started out as an exception for truly difficult situations but like everything else became routinely exploited once widely known about and eventually became a defacto norm and just part of the protocol.

A lot of things start like this. You need someone with an aggressive backbone to enforce things - which these institutions won't have.

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