Human Folly about “admissions”

(theatlantic.com):
more about legacy admissions, “holistic” #admissions, #racism, etc.
on 02025-08-10
A lawsuit reveals how peculiar harvards definition of merit is (economist.com):
history of #Harvard’s “holistic” #admissions policy established in 01922 to discriminate against Jews. Paywalled article from 02018. #anti-Semitism #history #racism #politics #toread #news
on 02025-08-09
Lifting the veil on the holistic process at the University of California Berkeley (nytimes.com):
Ruth Starkman’s 02013 exposé on how “A highly qualified student, with a 3.95 unweighted grade point average and 2300 on the SAT, was not among the top-ranked engineering applicants to the University of California, Berkeley.” because of their “holistic review” to discriminate against Asian-Americans. Although he probably did get admitted. #racism #USA #history #news #toread #politics #admissions
on 02025-08-09