Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
I just think that the more honest thing to do is to raise the ceiling so that ability is the limiting factor.

I have no problem seeing ceilings raised to generate meaningful variability in the tails of test takers as long as non-test factors capturing "soft skills", like motivation and persistence, are still weighted heavily in admissions decisions. Ability alone cannot accurately predict the contribution a student will make to the university and society at large. For evidence, I simply point to the lawyers of the world. wink

I'd also like to see nationality quotas on admissions to elite private universities eliminated, because it unduly penalizes smart foreigners.

What is to give light must endure burning.