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Originally Posted by blankall
A major issue would be that there is a pretty large variance in ability between schools as well. Also, in a system where all the good students get 90%+, is there really difference between the student with a 94% and a 92%, despite the fact they may rank substantially differently.
Another issue is with the subjectivity in the system. Certain teachers are going to favor some students.
Generally, subjectivity in admissions is also a horrible idea. It leads to abuse by parents who build their children's resumes. The people making the decisions aren't in any position to actually judge an applicant's "character" or "well-roundedness".
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Wasn’t there a few years ago they found some of the private schools in Calgary had far greater variance between the grade assigned by the school and the grade achieved by the student on provincial exams essentially showing that these schools were grading much easier than public schools?
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.macl...igh-marks/amp/
I’m not sure what came of it. But even supposedly objective marks are subjective when individual schools still account for 50% of the total.