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0 pointssokoloff4y ago0 comments

And when you find that x% of XYZ passing the minimum score isn’t exactly the same x% of XYZ in the population, what then?

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lordnacho4y ago

"We didn't make the test. The bar is lower so more of every group passes. Fate decides who gets in, we don't add or remove anything based on legacy or donations etc."

BeFlatXIII4y ago

To how many decimal points are you measuring “exactly”?

sokoloffOP4y ago

In the cases cited in the article, I strongly suspect “zero decimal places of percentage” is sufficient to show discrepancies (that discrepancies of full percentage point or more will be present, given the admissions rate for one group changed from 73% to under 50%).

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lordnacho4y ago

"We didn't make the test. The bar is lower so more of every group passes. Fate decides who gets in, we don't add or remove anything based on legacy or donations etc."

BeFlatXIII4y ago

To how many decimal points are you measuring “exactly”?

sokoloffOP4y ago

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