<p>It might be a bad sign for your admissions office if one of the university’s distinguished faculty members writes an editorial such as “Test Takers or Scientists?” for Chemical & Engineering News, see
pubs.acs.org/cen/editor/83/8305edit.html</p>
<p>Richard N. Zare is Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor of Natural Science at Stanford University, and has chaired the Department of Chemistry there since 2005. He was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1983 and the Wolf Prize (often viewed as a precursor to the Nobel) in 2005. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and has chaired the National Science Board. He is beyond a doubt one of the most brilliant and creative scientists I have ever met–and doesn’t need this endorsement from me!!</p>
<p>That being said, I agree with his editorial only in part–the problem identification is spot-on, but I’m not sure that his take on its origin is completely right.</p>