Why admissions interviews should be banned

Friday, May 9, 2008 - 11:07 in Psychology & Sociology

An important part of the admission process to a competitive college is the admissions interview. I'm against it. And that isn't just because interviews were originally instituted to keep Jews out of Harvard. It's because they are poor predictors of future performance and, even worse, they are poor predictors that people weight very heavily. read more

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