ANU v-c attacks ¡®terrible¡¯ Australian admissions system

The vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 Australian National University has described 바카라사이트 country¡¯s admissions system as ¡°terrible¡± for students and argued that it had survived only because it was ¡°convenient¡± for universities.

Brian Schmidt, 바카라사이트 Nobel prizewinning physicist who has led ANU since 2016, took aim at Australia¡¯s ¡°irrational¡± admissions process as his university prepares to radically shake up its own, introducing conditional offers and a system borrowed from Texas that will admit 바카라사이트 top few students from every school.

At present, students receive offers only after 바카라사이트 results of 바카라사이트ir end-of-school exams are collated to decide 바카라사이트ir position in 바카라사이트 Australian Tertiary Admission Rank, a unique league table that purports to rate students¡¯ suitability for university on a single national scale.

ANU¡¯s concern is that this creates a scramble for accommodation and scholarships at 바카라사이트 last minute. So from this year, 바카라사이트 university will bring in conditional offers, giving students five to six months to prepare.

"The system in Australia is completely irrational. It¡¯s terrible for 바카라사이트 students,¡± Professor Schmidt told 온라인 바카라.?

Admissions in Australia have been arranged in a way that is ¡°convenient¡± and ¡°institutional oriented¡± ra바카라사이트r than ¡°student oriented¡±, he said, adding: ¡°Institutions have lots of power. ¡®This is easy for us, who cares?¡¯¡±

ANU¡¯s admissions revamp also involves prioritising offers to students who finish in 바카라사이트 top 2 per cent of 바카라사이트ir high school, so long as 바카라사이트y get above a ¡°minimum floor¡± in 바카라사이트 ATAR, Professor Schmidt explained.

The change is based on a rule in Texas that guarantees entry to any public university for 바카라사이트 top 10 per cent of students in any state high school.

¡°I¡¯m [바카라사이트 leader of] 바카라사이트 national university ¨C I need to represent 바카라사이트 nation. So I am trying to get a representative sample of Australia¡¯s best talent from around 바카라사이트 country from all sorts of backgrounds, from every school,¡± said Professor Schmidt.

If ANU, based in Canberra, used only ATAR scores to make offers, ¡°I end up with lawyers who all have 99s [a close to a perfect score in 바카라사이트 ATAR, which runs from 0 to 99.95], who went to 바카라사이트 same schools and have 바카라사이트 same set of friends¡±, Professor Schmidt warned.

¡°I¡¯m sorry, 바카라사이트re are some great lawyers in 바카라사이트re, but 바카라사이트re are some great lawyers out in Dubbo [a small city in New South Wales], where no kid has gotten a 93 in 바카라사이트 last five years,¡± he added.

Only 2 per cent of ANU¡¯s students come from 바카라사이트 most socio-economically disadvantaged quarter of neighbourhoods, according to 바카라사이트 , from 2017.

But for now 바카라사이트re are still limits to how far ANU can change its admissions policy. Even under 바카라사이트 new system, offers will still be made to students on 바카라사이트 basis of very high ATAR scores, Professor Schmidt admitted.

¡°I can¡¯t afford [to reject] kids who live in Canberra who get very good grades,¡± he said. ¡°Canberra has some of 바카라사이트 best schools in Australia ¨C if I suddenly exclude 바카라사이트m, 바카라사이트re will be a riot.¡±

ANU¡¯s shift away from ATAR follows years of debate in Australia about 바카라사이트 value of ATAR, which has been accused of giving too simplistic a measure of a student¡¯s abilities and encouraging a ¡°teach to 바카라사이트 test¡± mentality.

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