I did realize the survivorship bias. It's shocking to me because if a good university like SJSU would have so many incompetent students, something is wrong with the K12 education system, or something is wrong with American families.
You state that you are surprised that a school with good graduates has incompetent students, which implies that you wouldn't be surprised if a "bad school" had incompetent students.
It accepts over 60% of applicants. And frankly, a mark of a most useful school is one that isn't too selective in admissions and can churn out good graduates.
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I did realize the survivorship bias. It's shocking to me because if a good university like SJSU would have so many incompetent students, something is wrong with the K12 education system, or something is wrong with American families.
You state that you are surprised that a school with good graduates has incompetent students, which implies that you wouldn't be surprised if a "bad school" had incompetent students.
However, that logic implies that San Jose State has a lot of selectivity in admissions, which it does not: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose_State_University
It accepts over 60% of applicants. And frankly, a mark of a most useful school is one that isn't too selective in admissions and can churn out good graduates.
Both.