[rvba]

In Europe they make tests and those who score best are admitted. The dean has a small list (10 out of 1000?) that they can admit freely.

But I guess if scoring was objective, then mostly Asian and Jewish people would be admitted?

So the system is rigged?

[protastus]

Follow the money.

The boutique US universities are private institutions sitting on unbelievably large endowments. They're strange hybrids between school, hedge fund and country club.

Admission is a committee driven process to decide who can join the very exclusive club.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_univers...

[whatshisface]

I wonder if they select against people who are too likely to spend their lives tinkering in their garages to have any chance of making a several million dollar alumni donation.

[mynegation]

Some European test systems were rigged as well. https://arxiv.org/abs/1110.1556