The headline says it all. I read where college admissions counselors can’t even count on grades like they used to because of the huge inflation, so they’re picking not even knowing the truth about the applicant.
Admissions policies and grades have lost credibility. That is the whole reason for tests like ACT/SAT to measure against a standard. Even ACT/SAT have been tainted to further an agenda. I work for a company that performs work for the DoD. When we bid a contract, the DoD puts certification requirements on the persons assigned to perform specific kinds of tasks. The cybersecurity oriented tasks must meet the government 8570 baseline certifications. The Army Corps of Engineers recruited me to fix a problem in their network assessment software. I had to pass the Security+ CE exams to get my logins/certs to access the network to do the work. My 40 year record of success prompted the recruitment, but the cert requirement remained.