An index of obedience
From News from the Front:
But when you think about what it means to have gone to an elite college, how could this be true? Were talking about a decision made by admissions officers—basically, HR people—based on a cursory examination of a huge pile of depressingly similar applications submitted by seventeen year olds. And what do they have to go on? An easily gamed standardized test; a short essay telling you what the kid thinks you want to hear; an interview with a random alum; a high school record thats largely an index of obedience. Who would rely on such a test?