tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post3155488629875327668..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Ivy admissions discussed by parents of gifted kidsSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-12174985270449367312014-09-25T13:46:02.857-04:002014-09-25T13:46:02.857-04:00Those who feel certain universities don't admi...Those who feel certain universities don't admit the right sort of people are welcome to found their own universities. <br /><br /><br />It might be hard to convince other students to join, but surely that challenge is surmountable. Only test scores matter, after all. It isn't as if very bright students want anything other than a student body with high test scores at the place they will BooHoojumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-38074743444625549132014-09-24T14:34:11.542-04:002014-09-24T14:34:11.542-04:00Only solution is mutliple levels of tests with inc...Only solution is mutliple levels of tests with increasing challenge to prevent ceiling effect. Traditional Chinese empiral exams were organized that way. But empiral exams were verbal ability test only without visiual spacial components.<br />SAT as first step test, only those with above 90 percentile result going to next level test resembling GRE, then to something like IMO, go and on. The true AGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-10331807512164891722014-09-22T22:16:49.404-04:002014-09-22T22:16:49.404-04:00Better still no classes just a national syllabus a...Better still no classes just a national syllabus and national exams and the uni buildings made into flats.ElMomentodeVerdadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-37399869039207899752014-09-22T22:16:45.979-04:002014-09-22T22:16:45.979-04:00I wonder why?
Indeed I too so wonder as IQ is har...<i>I wonder why?</i><br /><br />Indeed I too so wonder as IQ is hardly heritable at all. http://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/01/books/nature-vs-nurture-a-natural-experiment.htmlElMomentodeVerdadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-46182352521089788022014-09-22T21:50:01.260-04:002014-09-22T21:50:01.260-04:00Here's a question: class participation. Most p...Here's a question: class participation. Most people would say that class participation is a good thing. But has anybody ever measured how well it can be predicted? Is there a better admissions process that would forecast who would be valuable class participants more than what we currently have?stevesailernoreply@blogger.com