The editorial by Drs. Prabha Chandra and Sowmyashree revisits the vexed problem of the best method of selection of post-graduate medical students. The problems they cite are true of the selection process for undergraduate students as well. There is no doubt that the recommendations in the Vision 2015 document of the Medical Council of India are unlikely to improve the situation. Unfortunately, this is true also of the recommendations made in the editorial.