tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post722100073116300585..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Caltech photos 2Steve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-84906035722410098052011-02-20T18:43:41.397-05:002011-02-20T18:43:41.397-05:00Or do you just think that existence in itself is a...<i>Or do you just think that existence in itself is a "bad" thing?</i><br /><br />Perhaps you wanted a broader answer, but I'd have to write a book and it would probably be really boring.Mr_Cholmondeleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-56437950944546050002011-02-20T15:30:11.875-05:002011-02-20T15:30:11.875-05:00Their is no uniform standard for grading. The tea...Their is no uniform standard for grading. The teacher's pet always gets an A.LondonYoungnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-70175479359860217052011-02-20T10:45:17.444-05:002011-02-20T10:45:17.444-05:00If I said they only rely on scores then I was inco...If I said they only rely on scores then I was incorrect. They do look at grades, letters of recommendation, etc. The goal is to find the most promising scientists, but I don't think they've accepted that scores are the single factor that best indicates that promise.steve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-68892607897641703222011-02-20T09:33:48.853-05:002011-02-20T09:33:48.853-05:00I was referring to an earlier comment of yours, bu...I was referring to an earlier comment of yours, but if you don't remember it or never made it then I'm delusional.Mr_Cholmondeleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-5724675731735739042011-02-20T07:54:21.023-05:002011-02-20T07:54:21.023-05:00In fact, I would support legislation requiring tha...In fact, I would support legislation requiring that transparent admission criteria be a pre-req for tax exempt status ...LondonYoungnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-86463418830918555152011-02-20T07:44:12.464-05:002011-02-20T07:44:12.464-05:00What if the US provided free university education ...What if the US provided free university education via state run universities, and these all had perfectly transparent objective admissions, but non-government-run institutions continued to play the sneaky games they do now. The libertarian in me thinks private institutions should have a right of free association (of course, we'd probably destroy them via taxation, but that's besides the LondonYoungnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-8653458961350181742011-02-20T06:53:17.614-05:002011-02-20T06:53:17.614-05:00I'm not sure how broad your question is.
As f...I'm not sure how broad your question is.<br /><br />As far as college admissions go, the world ex-US (with the exception of Canada) does it right. The point isn't that admissions be based on the ridiculous "g", which is so often spoken of as if it were a thing, but that they be objective and transparent, a high g loading necessarily follows. Canadian unis admit based on grades Mr_Cholmondeleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-58019155320992520532011-02-19T00:06:43.329-05:002011-02-19T00:06:43.329-05:00America's most elite universities use criteria...America's most elite universities use criteria other than g. Despite this being UNIQUE among the world's most elite universities Steve believes it's for the best. It hasn't occurred to Steve that these additional criteria only have predictive validity WITHIN a system which selects its elite with these additional criteria. He thinks of the soft skills, leadership ability, ambition,Mr_Cholmondeleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-16250740862710312282011-02-18T12:10:52.373-05:002011-02-18T12:10:52.373-05:00My ex-roommate went to Harvey Mudd for undergrad a...My ex-roommate went to Harvey Mudd for undergrad and Boalt for law school. The problem with Harvey Mudd is that a lot of high powered east coast law firm have not heard of it. When he went to interviews, people asked how was Harvey Mudd compared to MIT?<br /><br />Does the Millikan Library still have the old red hard covered Feynman Lectures? The one I saw, back in 87 or so, was obviously donatedAlbertnoreply@blogger.com