BillyOblivion comments on Rationality Quotes April 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: BillyOblivion 17 April 2012 11:52:31AM 1 point [-]

One of the criticisms of colleges engaging in "AA" type policies is that they often will put someone in a slightly higher level school (say Berkeley rather than Davis) than they really should be in and which because of their background they are unprepared for. Not necessarily intellectually--they could be very bright, but in terms of things like study skills and the like.

There is sufficient data to suggest this should be looked at more thoroughly. In general it is better for someone to graduate from a "lesser" school than to drop out of a better one.