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by criddell 2096 days ago
The admissions criteria for universities don't make a lot of sense. The standardized tests select for students that are good at writing those tests.

Malcolm Gladwell (yeah, yeah, I know) did a podcast series about the admissions process for law schools and the role that test taking speed plays in the admission process.

This is one of the papers he referenced:

https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?a...