A short essay question on an application tends to separate the wheat from the chaff. You would be amazed at how many functional illiterates have been awarded college degrees; I can honestly say I was more educated in grammar school.
The refusal to have a discussion on this issue proves we are indeed a nation of cowards; pretending preferred minorities are educated when they are woefully lacking is doing them no favors.
Where does H0lder fall on the spectrum?