Title : "Tuck students are nice, and invest generously in one another’s success. Share an example of how you helped someone else succeed. (500 words)."
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"Tuck students are nice, and invest generously in one another’s success. Share an example of how you helped someone else succeed. (500 words)."
That's part of the application at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business, described and questioned by Katherine Timpf at "Dartmouth Business School to Evaluate Applicants Based on ‘Niceness’/But wouldn’t jerks just lie and make up stories that make them seem like decent people?" at National Review. Timpf declares the search for "nice" students "admirable" and just finds it too hard to do.But I wouldn't take this preference for "niceness" at face value.
First, whether the school can figure out who's nice, the message to students filling out the form is that the school cares about bringing together people who are compassionate and helping and not simply egotistical and grasping. That might make good candidates more likely to choose the school, and it may affect their outlook and their behavior once they get to the school.
These effects may serve the interests of the school even if the selection process is completely ineffective at figuring out (like Santa Claus) who's been naughty and who's been nice. If the students believe they've all passed the niceness test, the school's teaching method — emphasizing cooperation and teamwork? — may work better. Completely practical!
Second, on a much less sunny note, the "niceness" test may be a ruse — a way to reject applicants with great paper credentials. Just last month the NYT had an article, "Harvard Rated Asian-American Applicants Lower on Personality Traits, Suit Says":
Harvard consistently rated Asian-American applicants lower than others on traits like “positive personality,” likability, courage, kindness and being “widely respected,” according to an analysis of more than 160,000 student records filed Friday by a group representing Asian-American students in a lawsuit against the university.
Asian-Americans scored higher than applicants of any other racial or ethnic group on admissions measures like test scores, grades and extracurricular activities, according to the analysis commissioned by a group that opposes all race-based admissions criteria. But the students’ personal ratings significantly dragged down their chances of being admitted, the analysis found.
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