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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am fine with that. College admissions needs a massive overhaul. [/quote]

Depending on what the Supreme Court says, one of the biggest changes will be elimination of any sort of “Women in STEM” outreach programs, preferences, or scholarships.

Be careful what you (ignorantly) wish for. [/quote]

Sure. Unless you are an Asian American woman. What this article fails to mention is that the whole college admissions process has been blatantly racist against Asians. Also since we are talking about women girls in general are disadvantaged under admissions to make way for more males that are less qualified. Again college admission here needs an overhaul. Many other countries rely on other meritocratic measures for competitive college admissions and I am all for that. [/quote]

Curious which countries you are referring that have meritocratic methods?[/quote]

China, Japan, and South Korea. And those kids literally kill themselves if they don’t gain admission. Suicide and depression rates among teens are off the chart in those countries. It’s collective trauma. [/quote]
The elite universities in the. UK admit based on grades too. I don’t see them killing themselves. [/quote]

[b]The UK has a better safety net so people aren’t playing the rat race to maintain UMC [/b]status like they do here. In Asia and India, your only chance of having economic security is higher Ed or rich family. [/quote]

False. Our tax code punishes the UMC. What tge UK does have that we don’t is the purposeful channeling of middle school and high school students into vocational schools (imagine the squawk here if that should be proposed) so oNly the true scholars are left to apply to either Oxford or Cambridge (you have to pick) and I have firsthand knowledge of Oxford application prerequisite both undergrad and grad. It’s still a meritocracy whereas the US schools have simply lost their way with social engineering [/quote]

Are you arguing that the UK doesn’t practice socialism?? [/quote]

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