Many now make a point of selecting students from a range of backgrounds.
As said above, they usually select poor students with high academic talent.
Teachers in an elementary classroom will select students within the class to help pass out, or collect school supplies.
For example, a small college may want to select good students for admission.
Q. What do you think is the goal of "top" colleges in selecting students?
Second, we need better methods of selecting medical students.
The university is certainly free to make many different kinds of choices in selecting students.
The program was barred from selecting students on the basis of reading and math tests.
A lottery is used to select students for the 75 freshman places in the environmental academy.
A deliberate effort is usually made to select students from a diverse background.