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<p>I said it before, and I’ll say it again: economics is also impacted. Hence, you run the risk of going to Berkeley as a freshmen, not getting into Haas, then applying to Econ and not getting that either. </p>
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<p>Nobody is arguing that somebody is automatically better than anybody else purely by how long they’ve been at Berkeley. And, frankly, I think unfairness can run both ways: I suspect there may be some Berkeley continuing students who are admitted to Haas over some transfers who are more deserving. </p>
<p>That is why I return to the proposal of a Haas-run standardized test. The advantage would be that it would be eminently fair. Everybody would be scored according to the same precepts. No longer would you have to worry about different grading schemes used by different profs. You either score well on the exam or you don’t.</p>