Written scenario · Equity, Problem solving
A common yardstick
You are the student member of a hospital committee that chooses paid summer research assistants.
Several hundred students apply each year for twelve places. The committee has always required a standardized test score. Ngoc, the senior scientist who chairs it, says the score gives busy reviewers one quick, common measure and has protected applicants without connections. Another member points out that preparing for the test costs money, and that few students from under-resourced schools make the cut. The committee asks you, as the only student in the room, whether to keep the requirement.
The two questions
- 1What would you recommend, and how would you keep the selection fair to applicants from different backgrounds?
- 2What makes a selection process fair when applicants start from very different circumstances?
What raters look for
- Equity
- Notices unequal access or treatment and acts fairly, especially for people with less power.
- Problem solving
- Gathers facts before acting, considers options and consequences, and chooses a workable next step.
Answer scenarios like this on the real timers
Answer both questions on the clock, and get each one scored 1–9 the way raters score. Your first set is free, no card.
Practice free
