Hi All,
This past week we has a debate concerning IQ in college admissions decisions. This class generally felt predisposed to say that IQ test's were not good parameters to measure students by since IQ tests are biased. However, the SAT along with professional exams like the LSAT and MCAT are all indirect measures of IQ. So, using this reasoning it seems that we commonly use indirect measures to asses applicant IQ (even the interview process may indirectly measure reasoning abilities).
So instead of using these variable measures, why not use a well documented process like a IQ test? Hence why I am on the side of administering IQ tests to college applicants. In terms of jobs, I would be hesitant to do the same since all success in jobs may not be implicit on IQ. However, in academia most success is implicit on IQ.
Questions that I have: Should IQ participants with lower IQ's be allowed to retest? How would you determine minimums for various college programs and jobs? What will happen tot he individuals who don't qualify for a college program? How will scholarships be determined under this new paradigm? Let me know your thoughts!
Until my next post,
Ryan
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