The debate about how accurately standardized test predict a student’s academic success is ongoing. And probably always will be. In fact, many school have now moved away from the ubiquitous SAT/ACT as an admissions requirement altogether. But the entrance exam used by many for-profits? That isn’t up for debate. Something ain’t right.

Instead of SATs or ACTs, for-profits use a Wonderlich test. What is that, you ask?The most famous use of Wonderlichs is for potential NFL draft picks for college football players. The best way to think of a Wonderlich test is not in terms of the standardized SAT but rather in terms of IQ.

Keeping that in mind, consider this (from a recent Chronicle article):

“A Wonderlic score of 20 is the equivalent of a 100 on an IQ test, in other words, the baseline for average intelligence. Having said that, at Daymar College, a privately owned for-profit with campuses in Ohio and Kentucky, the minimum required Wonderlic score for admission is 10—not 20 but 10. That should worry everyone.”

And it does worry me. Set the bar low enough and anyone is eligible to go to college. And, while increasing the likelihood that anyone can achieve a college education sounds great…crippling them with the financial burden of lifelong student loan debt does not.

Are you smarter than a football player? Congrats! Here’s your acceptance letter and a 57% chance you’ll be a college drop out!