On Mon, 2009-04-13 at 13:08 -0700, Vitaliy wrote:
> solarwind wrote:
> >> "Smart" is a measure of how quickly and efficiently you can process
> and
> >> absorb this knowledge.
> >
> > And how do you envision measuring that? It's like comparing apples
> to
> > oranges. An orange is smarter than an apple. What does that even
> mean?
> 
> There are plenty of ways. IQ test is one. There is also SAT/ACT (I'm
> sure 
> you have equivalents in Canada).

FWIW, for those curious, we don't in Ontario.

The only criteria for universities to choose students are their marks in
their final year of high school. 

I personally dislike "standardized testing" and think the SAT is very
unfair to certain elements of the population. That said, the way we do
it is equally as bad since going to a "challenging" high school actually
hurts your university chances.

TTYL

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