All American universities use the same test to assess applicants.
BY THE middle of next month, some 400,000 sixth- formers will have to decide which university they want to attend next year. There are 100 institutions to choose from and they may select up to six. Most applicants will be working in the dark. Some, it is true, will be guided by university league tables and official judgments of the quality of teaching in their chosen subjects. Many more, though, will rely on school and family gossip, and not a few will make an essentially random selection.