MIT Leads the Way in Reinstating the SAT
Wall Street Journal | Jason L. Riley
Jason Riley hails MIT’s decision to reinstate standardized test requirements for admissions but warns that continued use of racial preferences will compromise MIT’s standing and, eventually, U.S. competitiveness.
“Black students have the most to lose as schools move away from objective test scores and toward more-subjective holistic assessments of applicants. The University of California system simply ignored the social science and ditched its SAT requirement. MIT should be applauded for putting the interests of students ahead of racial balancing.”
Riley also understands the limits—”MIT also realizes that double standards for admissions will eventually lead to double standards for grades and degrees…” In addition to concerns that CalTech (with race-blind admissions) will pull ahead, “the broader concern is that other nations—China, Japan, South Korea—will gain a competitive edge on the U.S. as our elites wage war on meritocracy in the name of equity.”
