Not impossible to measure merit but there is no set
by wpkirish (2024-01-09 17:47:16)

In reply to: Weird. Ackman said exactly what you say  posted by airborneirish


Measurement that everyone agrees upon so there is a subjective component. Even within that group of white males schools don’t simply take the top 100 by test score and gpa. How do you value the kid with top Grades but lower test scores? How do you value the kid with great test scores but the grades while good don’t reflect that score? Above a certain point you have shown the ability to do the work and it is making a subjective judgment of who you want in the school because they all merit admission. If not there would be a computer program where you put the information from
The application in and it spits out the acceptances and rejections.

When I was first out of law school I worked at what at the time was a “larger” insurance defense firm in the City. There was a recession in the legal Profession and suddenly our firm was getting applicants from schools that we had never received applicants from. The partners were impressed with the credentials when they reviewed resumes. The only problem was these people could not carry a conversation at lunch because they had no personality. Not a great trait for litigation firm that still held a talent show after new lawyers were sworn in where the new lawyers would
Tell jokes and perform skits making fun of the lawyers at the firm.

They objectively “merited” being hired more than our normal students based upon their grades and schools but subjectively they were the wrong people for our firm long term.