[kaladin-jasnah]

This selects for people who excel at taking tests. Sure, there may not be a better alternative, but as an empirical measure I learned just about nothing in my test heavy college courses, as I was incentivized to cram for the exams and purged everything immediately after the final (and midterm).

[coolThingsFirst]

Yes because a linear algebra exam tests your test taking skills as opposed your math ones.