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Rankings encode priorities
Algorithmic Admissions Lab
Adjust a transparent scoring model for twelve fictional applicants. Watch the ranking change, inspect why, and decide what the numbers leave out.
This is not an admissions tool: the applicants, institution, criteria, and scores are fictional and deliberately simplified. No configuration is presented as fair or correct.
Live ranking
Who reaches the cutoff?
Above cutoffBelow cutoff
| Rank | Applicant | Score | Change | Status |
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The cutoff exists because capacity is limited—not because the fifth-ranked applicant is objectively unqualified.
Impact audit
What changed?
Questions for the room
- Which criterion might act as a proxy for access to money, time, transportation, or specialized support?
- What important qualities cannot be represented by these five numbers?
- Does adding contextual information solve the problem, or create new judgment calls?
- Who should be able to challenge or appeal a ranking?