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I've never heard of a single institution specifying the kind of the diversity that they want. Just "diversity". What about intellectual diversity? Why doesn't H

I've never heard of a single institution specifying the kind of the diversity that they want. Just "diversity". What about intellectual diversity? Why doesn't Harvard accept people from a diverse range of SAT scores? It makes me wonder if these institutions actually accept the ideology they claim to embrace, or if they just use buzzwords and do the bare minimum so they're not labeled bigots.

exolymph 11y ago
> if they just use buzzwords and do the bare minimum so they're not labeled bigots. Sounds about right.
jacobolus 11y ago
> Why doesn't Harvard accept people from a diverse range of SAT scores? In general, these students would need dramatically different courses with a lighter workload and a lot more hand holding to succeed. Students who have trouble with reading comprehension questions on the SAT are going to have a difficult time in courses requiring several hundred pages of careful reading every week. Students who have trouble with the basic arithmetic questions on the SAT are going to have a difficult time with college-level science. It would certainly be possible to build a university around the idea of accepting anyone who applies, perhaps by lottery, but it would be a substantially different type of institution than Harvard currently is.
home_boi 11y ago
>Why doesn't Harvard accept people from a diverse range of SAT scores They do http://features.thecrimson.com/2015/freshman-survey/makeup-narrative/ http://features.thecrimson.com/2015/freshman-survey/makeup-n... "Respondents who identify as Asian, but not including South Asian, reported higher overall SAT scores on average, with an overall best score of 2300 out of a possible 2400. The average best overall SAT score reported by white respondents was 2218; 2174 for respondents who are Hispanic or Latino; and 2149 for respondents who are black or African American."
- doomrobo 11y ago
  A range of 2149-2300 doesn't quite strike me as diverse.

exolymph 11y ago

> if they just use buzzwords and do the bare minimum so they're not labeled bigots. Sounds about right.

jacobolus 11y ago

> Why doesn't Harvard accept people from a diverse range of SAT scores? In general, these students would need dramatically different courses with a lighter workload and a lot more hand holding to succeed. Students who have trouble with reading comprehension questions on the SAT are going to have a difficult time in courses requiring several hundred pages of careful reading every week. Students who have trouble with the basic arithmetic questions on the SAT are going to have a difficult time with college-level science. It would certainly be possible to build a university around the idea of accepting anyone who applies, perhaps by lottery, but it would be a substantially different type of institution than Harvard currently is.

home_boi 11y ago

>Why doesn't Harvard accept people from a diverse range of SAT scores They do http://features.thecrimson.com/2015/freshman-survey/makeup-narrative/ http://features.thecrimson.com/2015/freshman-survey/makeup-n... "Respondents who identify as Asian, but not including South Asian, reported higher overall SAT scores on average, with an overall best score of 2300 out of a possible 2400. The average best overall SAT score reported by white respondents was 2218; 2174 for respondents who are Hispanic or Latino; and 2149 for respondents who are black or African American."

doomrobo 11y ago
A range of 2149-2300 doesn't quite strike me as diverse.