> This was a meme a few years ago: a 1800s era Harvard entrance exam, and Harvard was the easy school
And thank goodness we've moved past such facile exams. Few of those questions test any sort of understanding, comprehension, or synthesis -- the hallmarks of the so-called "deep reading" lionized in the above-linked article.
There's no call to analyze a logical argument or to make a persuasive argument of one's own. The vast majority of questions amount to memorization and recall. The only thing truly tested here is whether the applicant was of the proper social class to have had the privilege of a preparatory school or private tutoring.
No dude; that's what they used to teach in High School. Shitty high schools. Vastly more than your average Ph.D. in classics in current year ever achieves; you can have a great laugh trolling modern classics profs in the US with latin limericks they can't possibly understand. Let alone the algebra parts.
I snork at the rest. The present Harvard entrance exam is a great test for social signalling that you're stinking rich. Not many actual high school students actually form a non profit and get 1600 SAT or whatever; unless mom and dad are loaded and did it for them.
And thank goodness we've moved past such facile exams. Few of those questions test any sort of understanding, comprehension, or synthesis -- the hallmarks of the so-called "deep reading" lionized in the above-linked article.
There's no call to analyze a logical argument or to make a persuasive argument of one's own. The vast majority of questions amount to memorization and recall. The only thing truly tested here is whether the applicant was of the proper social class to have had the privilege of a preparatory school or private tutoring.