What do you think college/university acceptance criteria should be?

[Anonymous]

Do you also think that legacies should still be a thing? A legacy admission is a student that is accepted into university based on the alumni status of a parents or close family member.

[BCA6010]

I would fundamentally change the role of universities in society that would best be described as a massive culling, but admissions should be entirely based on objective merits, with the exceptions of exchange students who are attending as a guest, in which case their sponsoring institution makes the rules. "Legacies" should not be a thing; if a parent wants their child to get into X university, then they should prepare them to be competitive.

I would also change the entrance exams to be less about "who is the best junior level high school student" and more about actually judging aptitude for a range of college level programs. This would be graded similarly to the military ASVAB in which various weights and combinations of subjects would determine suitability for different degree programs, and open doors to conditional financial assistance and apprenticeships.

Almost all degree programs are massively wasteful in terms of time and financial commitment, and many are flat out worthless and don't need to exist.

[RavVid]

This may not be a popular opinion. Mostly it should be based on the IQ Bell Curve and school scores relevant to the discipline.

There should be a realistic assessment of how many engineers (of various types), doctors (medical), Feminist Studies (ideally 0) etc etc. The the bell curve should be applied to get the number of grads society needs.

All except for lawyers because they charge too much and the best way to knock their fees down is too have a large number so they can only charge $5/hr.

The median IQ is 100. Do you really need 50% of high school students to get a degree? Are there jobs for them? Are the jobs worthwhile and beneficial to society? Feminist Studies grads can only get jobs in other disciplines outside teaching Feminist Studies degrees - seems like non virtuous spiral (downwards)

e. g. we've got all these Feminist Studies grads and we need to give them jobs and the only way that can be done is to hire them to teach Feminist Studies. Spiral, spiral, further and further down.

If we set a political objective of 50% of high school grads to get a degree than the IQ will be 100 for the least able. So the standard for the degree will need to be set lower so they can pass. Spiral, spiral, further and further down.

The proposed lawyer effect apples to all profession. Apart from degrees paying less, employers will want Master and PHD degrees because they know Bachelor degrees are worth as much now. Spiral, spiral, further and further down.

My gov't is saying it wants all high school grads to get University degrees and it is just stupid.

[ApplePie409]

China donates billions to American ivy league schools, just to control who gets in. They don't want smart people to get in.

[lightbulb27]

What is your work ethic and goals and achievement level? Do they align with our expectations?

Can you pay us or is there someone that will pay on your behalf our ludicrous fees?

If accepted, put entry into "hat".

Draw X number from that "hat".

[AviatorTom]

College admissions should be based on a student's merit and their ability to succeed in college. That's difficult to assess. Legacy should be included, but not a main determinant. After all, in the US, colleges are for profit businesse, and legacy families help with that. It's not much different than loyalty programs at airlines, grocery stores and restaurants. Give legacy students an edge, but only a small edge.

[TheSpaceGnome]

There shouldn't be an acceptance/admissions system at all.

College should be the fourth stage of grade school, right after highschool, and should be a requirement, not a club you have to earn (or pay an access fee) to get entry to.

Whats the point of making all other grades required then saying fuck it to the lessons that are actually useful?

[DarkLegacy]

It should not be about letting all the rich and privileged kids in, but that is how it is right now. The reason why the UK is in such a mess is because that is how it is decided now. Anyone who gets the right grades should be able to go to university.

[Nifrayu]

That definitely shouldn't be a thing. Such applicants already have a privileged advantage over other applicants. They don't need any additional help. That's just perpetuating the problem in the world we live in where it's better to be an unintelligent person born into a rich family than an intelligent person born into a poor family.

[exitseven]

I think colleges are so hard up for paying customers they are taking anyone with a checkbook

[KrakenAttackin]

There has to be some method of screening applicants when there are finite spots in an entering class.

The reality is, a few years into your professional life no cares where you went to school.

[bobby_bush_eater]

I think a sort of resume is important aside from grades. Also the program you want to go in is very relevant.

It's honestly not the easiest thing to do well

[genericname85]

your performance in the school or career you had leading up to your application. nothing else.

[DrPepper12]

Should? No. Must? Yes. In an ideal world the campus would have a demographics that mirror the nation and have more professorial input.

[OtterMan68]

A combination of grades, test scores, and essay

[Anonymous]

intelligence