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A good read.... yes, believe it or not, from the AJC (Link)
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<blockquote data-quote="gthxxxx" data-source="post: 590604" data-attributes="member: 4310"><p>Lower grad rates is to deal with limited capacity. Better engineers result from trusting in house system vs admission selectivity based on poor inputs by all statistical measures, not to mention uncertainty introduced by psychological growth. This is not by any fault of GT. The only standards out there are AP exams, ACTs, and SATs, and even those vary year by year; how do you derive uniform and accurate measurements from high school GPAs, extracurricular activities, jobs, etc. How well do they predict aptitude in the chosen major? And this isn't even considering international applicants.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Again, no such assumption is being made. The argument is made that the more resources available to the student (e.g. faculty-student ratio, equipment-student ratio, modern and efficiency of teaching utilities), the better the education. Limiting capacity directly affects such rationing. See above point for my rationale of the better approach to address limited capacity.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I stated earlier that I doubt GT's reputation related to its degree has changed significantly. Instead, I argue that choosing to filter at admissions is inefficient and inaccurate and therefore a previously tapped pool of potential is lost. I further speculated that admitted students' potential are not fully reached when grade inflation is applied to enhance grad rates. Past, present and future GT graduates are all able to get their foot in the door based on its reputation, but I feel that the adversity and pressure of the past further prepared for the path beyond.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gthxxxx, post: 590604, member: 4310"] Lower grad rates is to deal with limited capacity. Better engineers result from trusting in house system vs admission selectivity based on poor inputs by all statistical measures, not to mention uncertainty introduced by psychological growth. This is not by any fault of GT. The only standards out there are AP exams, ACTs, and SATs, and even those vary year by year; how do you derive uniform and accurate measurements from high school GPAs, extracurricular activities, jobs, etc. How well do they predict aptitude in the chosen major? And this isn't even considering international applicants. Again, no such assumption is being made. The argument is made that the more resources available to the student (e.g. faculty-student ratio, equipment-student ratio, modern and efficiency of teaching utilities), the better the education. Limiting capacity directly affects such rationing. See above point for my rationale of the better approach to address limited capacity. I stated earlier that I doubt GT's reputation related to its degree has changed significantly. Instead, I argue that choosing to filter at admissions is inefficient and inaccurate and therefore a previously tapped pool of potential is lost. I further speculated that admitted students' potential are not fully reached when grade inflation is applied to enhance grad rates. Past, present and future GT graduates are all able to get their foot in the door based on its reputation, but I feel that the adversity and pressure of the past further prepared for the path beyond. [/QUOTE]
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