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My (apparently unpopular?) opinion: this is an excellent move. Colleges already try to take adversity into account in admissions. Now they'll have a more unifor
by jasonhansel 7y ago
My (apparently unpopular?) opinion: this is an excellent move. Colleges already try to take adversity into account in admissions. Now they'll have a more uniform, clear, objective, and standardized way of doing so. I do wish it was more transparent--i.e. that students could see their own scores--but this is clearly a step in the right direction.
- fullshark 7y ago> Now they'll have a more uniform, clear, objective, and standardized way of doing so. How do we know this? Why should the College board be reporting this? The lack of transparency is the real issue. What data are they collecting to generate this score and why? Is it just going to be an 0-100 index of the average score for that particular test location?
- harryh 7y agoThe College Board has been quite transparent about what data will be used to calculate the scores if you read the relevant articles. - Neighborhood environment - Crime Rate - Poverty Rate - Housing Values - Vacancy rate - Family Environment - Median income - Single parent - Education level - ESL - High school environment - undermatching - curricular rigor - free lunch rate - AP opportunity
- chaostheory 7y agoI'm not sure yet. However, this sounds way better than the subjective application process that most universities still have which are prone to racism. https://priceonomics.com/post/48794283011/do-elite-colleges-discriminate-against-asians https://priceonomics.com/post/48794283011/do-elite-colleges-...
- ars 7y agoClearly the best option is to live in an affluent area for most of high school and do really well. Then one month before SAT move to a very poor area and attend the worst high school you can find. That way you got a good adversity score as well.