Some "concours" (admission test) work like that for some French high ed institutions. There are still several of these tests if you want to cover all (eg engineering) schools but still... it lowers the load.
OTOH, and my only experience with Anglo Saxon education is MBA applications so forgive me but, isn't what waiting lists are for?
You can sort of accomplish some of this with waiting lists, but in practice that's fairly limited, as the delay often means that the students who were waitlisted have committed to some other arrangement.
Noted, thanks for replying. It seems improving waitlists speed might be a lower political ask than asking universities/colleges to engage in what can look like collusion... :)
Some "concours" (admission test) work like that for some French high ed institutions. There are still several of these tests if you want to cover all (eg engineering) schools but still... it lowers the load.
OTOH, and my only experience with Anglo Saxon education is MBA applications so forgive me but, isn't what waiting lists are for?
You can sort of accomplish some of this with waiting lists, but in practice that's fairly limited, as the delay often means that the students who were waitlisted have committed to some other arrangement.
Noted, thanks for replying. It seems improving waitlists speed might be a lower political ask than asking universities/colleges to engage in what can look like collusion... :)