College Admissions
topic on 2 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes
3 statements about College Admissions, every show
Friedberg: Socioeconomic status, not race, should drive admissions and hiring
“Race is not necessarily, it's certainly, there's a correlation, but it's not necessarily indicative of the socioeconomic disadvantage that someone may have faced and had to overcome in order to perform and succeed at the level that they could have given their …”
Haidt: Admissions and hiring will prioritize signs of independent childhood resilience
“College admissions and hiring is not just gonna go for the high GPA and the full resume of extracurricular activities. They're gonna go for signs of being a free range kid. They're going to go for signs that you traveled alone, you traveled on your own for thr…”