Steps to fix the race to 3% admission rate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:get rid of legacy. I think we're about 3 cycles from that anyway.

I wish!

But I don't think that will change admission rates - it could increase as those kids now need to increase applications..

[Anonymous]

I wonder what would happen if

1) applications worked more like a ranking system. Applicants rank schools (blind to schools) and schools choose applicants - then you get into the highest school that accepted you on their list.

or

2) ED occurred at the same time as RD. You apply and can choose one top choice. If you get in, you go. If not, you see what else is left on your acceptance list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder what would happen if

1) applications worked more like a ranking system. Applicants rank schools (blind to schools) and schools choose applicants - then you get into the highest school that accepted you on their list.

or

2) ED occurred at the same time as RD. You apply and can choose one top choice. If you get in, you go. If not, you see what else is left on your acceptance list.

There would have to be some cutoff to the number of students that would get into each school. So then schools would have to rank the students?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cap ED.

Can only apply to 1 ED school. So it is already capped.

Cap it for schools. No more than 10% of a class filled with ED.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cap ED.

Can only apply to 1 ED school. So it is already capped.

Cap it for schools. No more than 10% of a class filled with ED.

But why? Why not let more of the school be filled with kids for whom it is their very first choice, their dream school. Rather than kids for whom it was only a safety.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder what would happen if 1) applications worked more like a ranking system. Applicants rank schools (blind to schools) and schools choose applicants - then you get into the highest school that accepted you on their list.

Uhhh... great idea, and exactly the way it works now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder what would happen if

1) applications worked more like a ranking system. Applicants rank schools (blind to schools) and schools choose applicants - then you get into the highest school that accepted you on their list.

or

2) ED occurred at the same time as RD. You apply and can choose one top choice. If you get in, you go. If not, you see what else is left on your acceptance list.

I wonder what would happened if universities were transparent and honest about racial admission standards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder what would happen if

1) applications worked more like a ranking system. Applicants rank schools (blind to schools) and schools choose applicants - then you get into the highest school that accepted you on their list.

or

2) ED occurred at the same time as RD. You apply and can choose one top choice. If you get in, you go. If not, you see what else is left on your acceptance list.

I wonder what would happened if universities were transparent and honest about racial admission standards.

- especially with regard to excluding many qualified Asian applicants.