> Removing admission tests was a huge slap in the face to social mobility out of the middle class.
I agree, but arguably the benefits of the SAT with regard to class mobility is less than it was when it was introduced.
The heritability of IQ, combined with assortative mating, means that increasingly class divides are forming around differences in IQ. I think many people are rightly concerned that this will eventually result in simply a different entrenched class hierarchy.
I still think MIT should use the SAT, but the problem of maintaining class mobility is one we should continue to assess.
I agree, but arguably the benefits of the SAT with regard to class mobility is less than it was when it was introduced.
The heritability of IQ, combined with assortative mating, means that increasingly class divides are forming around differences in IQ. I think many people are rightly concerned that this will eventually result in simply a different entrenched class hierarchy.
I still think MIT should use the SAT, but the problem of maintaining class mobility is one we should continue to assess.