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...give up on the whole idea of trying to select the best of the best. "It would be a moral mistake for Berkeley to continue to rely on the new system," says Ronald Takaki, a professor of ethnic studies at Berkeley. He has called for his school to admit its next class from a lottery among the top third of all applicants. With roughly the top one-third of applicants to Berkeley submitting 4.0 GPAs, he argues, any of them would be capable of doing the work. "In terms of excellence," Takaki says, "I don't think Berkeley...
Armstrong, who was a member of the firstHarvard Law School class to admit women, said thelegacy of previous women overseers had laid astrong foundation for women on the board...
Finally, others may object that the lottery system cannot give applicants the individual consideration they deserve. These are the folks who either win everything, or think rejection steels the will and would rather be evaluated as persons than as numbers, even if it means a more painful rejection. I admit it. If you don't think intense competition and frequent evaluation and rejection are detrimental to the individual and social good, my plan probably won't appeal...
...expect to see this plan adopted anywhere anytime soon. Too many people stake their meaning as persons on the right to admit or reject twentysomethings. But I can promise you this. If I ever have the good fortune of finding myself with the title "Internship Coordinator," it will be lottery time indeed...
Against the worship of abstractions, F.D.R. wanted to find practical ways to help decent men and women struggling day by day to make a happier world for themselves and their children. His technique was, as he said, "bold, persistent experimentation...Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something." Except for the part about admitting failure frankly, that was the practice of his Administration...