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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: epicure who wrote (53760)8/3/2002 9:20:08 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (3) of 82486
 
I didn't get a good enough picture from the article the extent to which the hardship points skew the results. If, as the article suggests, people who haven't experienced hardships or who didn't volunteer them to the admissions committee are severely disadvantaged by the process, well, that seems pretty perverse to me.

One could argue that resilience is a quality worthy of extra points. The problem is that most children, those who would normally be considered the lucky ones, have not had the "opportunity" to prove themselves in that area. It would be pretty bizarre for a child to make himself a target of youthful trauma so he could improve his chances of getting into Berkley. It brings to mind the beggars in India who mutilate their children so they will evoke sympathy and bring in more money.

I understand using hardship as a proxy for race. It would seem to be more valuable, in theory. But there is enormous potential to game it, which is scary.
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