Talk:Numerus clausus
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could someone translate back the Ivrit informations from he.wikipedia.org? --grin 10:27, 22 Sep 2003 (UTC)
OK, I did it. David.
Thanks, David. Much better than my original! :-) -grin
This article has quite a peculiar slant. The term Numerus clausus (sometimes abbreviated as NC) is quite common today in German-speaking countries. While in Austria there are no restrictions for students who have passed their Matura exams, at German universities such restrictions are reality. See, for example, this page issued by the Freie Universität Berlin. I'm not that knowledgeable about how this system works in Germany but it certainly has to be added to this article. --KF 22:14, 28 Oct 2003 (UTC)
I have to agree. In Spain, Numerus clausus refers to the fact that the various faculties in a university restrict the number of incoming students to however many they think they can manage. What faculty a student is admitted to is determined by a combination of their university entry examination grade and baccalaureate grade. here is a Spanish FAQ about it. — Miguel 00:53, 2004 May 3 (UTC)
I added something on the situation in Germany. Someone else might tackle Spain. By the way, the second and third external link are rather unenlightening. Burschik
[edit] Legacy Preference
"Between 1950 and 1955, the Bronx High School of Science (whose student body historically includes a large percentage of Jews) had only seven students admitted to Yale, while Phillips Academy Andover, although nowhere near as academically selective, had 275." I don't know a whole lot about Phillips Andover but they seem pretty selective. If no one has any objections I'm going to remove the phrase "although nowhere near as academically selective"
