You still get the wondrous private institution problem of hereditary entry (which is a great example of something that isn't explicitly racist still resulting in a fundamentally and uncorrectable racist result)
Yup and while they continue to practice legacy admissions they claim they’ve tried everything to achieve diversity and just have to do affirmative action.
Unless you change your admission process to be based on competitive entrance exams everyone has to take, with an anonymous review process. This is mostly the norm in France.
Does that system come with any notable drawbacks of its own?
What kind of issues usually arise with choosing based on merit?
Off the top of my head I’m not sure, but my question isn’t asking about merit-based selection in the abstract. I’m asking if there are drawbacks to the specific system mentioned; that is, competitive entrance exams with anonymous review.
Choosing based on merit is viewed as both racist and sexist in the US. For example, check out the controversy over the “meritocracy” rug at github.
Based on being able to do well on a test. Very different kind of merit than I think is actually useful in a lot of real life.
I agree, and I wish this came up more in discussions around this scandal.