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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unless Yale plans to dramatically increase in size, the only way to end the “murky admissions practices” is to be open about conducting a lottery for everyone over a certain benchmark. There is no fair way to pick a mere 2% from a pool of highly-qualified 17 year olds. [/quote]

I think one of the suggestions in the report would be a small, meaningful improvement: put in testing minimums. Would reduce apps and thus increase admissions rate, but would go a long way to getting rid of the lowest performing, "murky" admits from the Legacy, Athlete, Donor, FGLI buckets[/quote]

This is likely the only "reform" that we will see. It would remove the "unqualified" noise from the unknowing while allowing them to keep legacy which is critical to their fundraising, keep athletic recruiting because athletics are important parts of how they see themselves, and keep admitting whom they want to admit which is something that they have every right to do and shouldn't give any real ground on.[/quote]

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