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Farmageddon on 08 July 2010
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Kasz216 said:
Farmageddon said:
Pyro as Bill said:

Wrong again. It's non-Christians that are virtually guaranteed a place.

Lets say your school holds 100 people. 75 Christians want to go there but 49 Muslims and Jews want to go there too.

The school has to let all the Muslims and Jews go there and only 51/75 Christians get the chance.

 

......and no you don't get any official documentation for baptism/christenings. Maybe a few nice photos and a card from the priest.


If I got this right, it's not that only 51% of the students can be christian, but rather that 51% of the places are reserved for christians. So if there's some kind of selection for the places, everyone applys for that 495 that's not reserved but the christians can also run for those other 51%. At least that's how it works here on universities we're we have a reserve of places for poor and/or indian/black people.

There is almost no chance you've got that right.

Even if you did.... 71% of the country is Christian.

If there was less then 51% of christians in there they'd be MASSIVLY underrepresented.

I don't think that would make much sense. I mean, if 71% of people are Christians, and assuming they are randomly spread and the desire to get into each school is randomly spread, 71% of applications would be from Christians and 29% from outside. Your reasoning means it would be MUCH easier for a non-christian to get in there. Which makes little sense, seeing as they have a right to reserve for christians. Besides, if 49% of people there were non-christians, I think the guy who studies there would know and wouldn't imply it works differently from the way you're supposing it does, don't you think?

Also, on Universities with "quotas", saying x% is reserved for y group means what I said earlier, so I think it's just natural for them to use the same terminology.