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nntwozz a day ago

At Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg Sweden 80% of the students would pass the entrance exam in the 60s.

These days it's reversed, only 20% pass.

I was told this was the case around 2005 when I studied there.

The exam has not changed in difficulty.

adrianN a day ago | parent | next [-]

What percentage of the population is expected to get university education today vs the sixties?

Forgeties79 a day ago | parent [-]

Also, is a 1960’s test that hasn’t substantively changed a good metric? Maybe it is, I honestly don’t know, but I’d be curious to see the content before assuming it’s a useful benchmark.

tsimionescu a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What's the difference in how many people apply?

samudrijan a day ago | parent [-]

^^^ case in point.

mcphage a day ago | parent | prev [-]

> The exam has not changed in difficulty

Has what students are expected to know changed since the 60s? For instance, have there been any, I dunno, new developments in technology over the past 60-odd years?

yobbo a day ago | parent [-]

> Has what students are expected to know changed since the 60s?

No, basic algebra and calculus has not changed.

mcphage a day ago | parent [-]

> No, basic algebra and calculus has not changed.

That's all that's on the entrance exam? Basic algebra and calculus?