Razib, I read your post, and I buy the arguments behind why in our society of stratified privilege, eliminating standardized testing will advantage those with connections.
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The swing towards dropping standardized tests doesn't come out of the admissions committees, but from management, which to a large extent flows from changes in the attitudes of influential people.
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Nepotism is easier in the absence of standardized tests: recommendations& spending summer in Costa Rica making blind men lame are more accessible to people with connections and money.
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The more educated someone is the more they tend to fall in line.
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Because our education system is selecting primarily for people who fall in line
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