This is classic problem of needing a standardised system for grading, due to sheer size of population, and also having to deal with the fact that these standardized tests are not entirely accurate. I guess companies have settled on this trade-off.
Summary: The reason elite universities continue to admit mostly rich students is the hackability of the SAT (in the sense that SAT prep classes can get you higher scores).https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/09/10/magazine/college-admissions-paul-tough.html …
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I'm waiting for smart recruitment
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Being that AI is at its heart regression analysis on historical data, i will likely carry the old biases.
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OTOH there are non-rich immigrant communities who developed better "hacking" know-how for the SAT than the old-school rich. Elite universities are fighting hard to limit their admissions.
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You mean Asian?
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Depends on the prep. Khan Academy is good, but not the best.
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As opposed to the unhackability of Grade Point Averages combined with the uninheritability of Intelligence. Right ... More likely, the NYT just got how college admissions actually work all backwards in its attempt to be politically correct.
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The NYT has become very PC, but they're not wrong about the overall point. 36% of Princeton's class of 2007 came from non-sectarian private schools. Only 1.7% of American kids attend them.
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Its taken me almost 10 years to rip away what school as done to me. Everything that made me a great student, makes me a bad founder. Had to realize the customer doesn't give a sh*t what school you went to, they only want a great experience.
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