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Haha.. I think you have this backwards! If you think money can buy a good SAT score - go make some. Reality? Much easier to pay for a trip to "volunteer" in afr

by anon102010 6y ago

Haha.. I think you have this backwards! If you think money can buy a good SAT score - go make some. Reality? Much easier to pay for a trip to "volunteer" in africa or at the local hospital, get on sports teams etc etc. If you have $$ being head of club X is a cakewalk! I had life changing SAT scores, and while prep helps, that slacker kid isn't getting 1600

MattGaiser 6y ago
Money can help you craft a heck of a lot of evidence of leadership.
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remarkEon 6y ago
I think we're agreeing here. I don't think money buys a good SAT score (I'm willing to read something that suggests otherwise). Wealthy elites do all of the above poverty tourism as well, but if they can redirect those funds to other "holistic" activities that have nothing to do with academic aptitude it's easier to hide the mediocrity in a "stellar resume".
bananabreakfast 6y ago
It's 2400 now btw. There are three sections
- marnett 6y ago
  No it is not. In 2005 it went from 1600 to 2400. In 2016 it went from 2400 back to 1600.
- NathanielLovin 6y ago
  They got rid of the writing section in 2016, it's back to 1600 (with optional essay)
caseysoftware 6y ago
A few years ago, I was advising a group of undergraduates at a university and noticed that one was the President of their club. I thought that was cool and met another.. who was also President. Then a third. It turns out, they called all their members "president" so they could all declare they were a "president of X" on their resume and could talk about leadership. Creative way to game the system for $0.
- killjoywashere 6y ago
  Words have meaning and that amounts to a lie en masse. Because the word "president" has a specific meaning in the English language, what you describe is not "creative", it's "collusion".
  - askafriend 6y ago
    The fact that it works is an indictment of the system, not an indictment of the kids.
- twic 6y ago
  CVs of interns who went to private schools always have "president of the X club" on, for much the same reason. I don't know if they have multiple presidents per club, or if they just have masses of clubs, so everyone can be a president. I went to a state school - we didn't have any clubs!

MattGaiser 6y ago

Money can help you craft a heck of a lot of evidence of leadership.

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remarkEon 6y ago

I think we're agreeing here. I don't think money buys a good SAT score (I'm willing to read something that suggests otherwise). Wealthy elites do all of the above poverty tourism as well, but if they can redirect those funds to other "holistic" activities that have nothing to do with academic aptitude it's easier to hide the mediocrity in a "stellar resume".

bananabreakfast 6y ago

It's 2400 now btw. There are three sections

marnett 6y ago
No it is not. In 2005 it went from 1600 to 2400. In 2016 it went from 2400 back to 1600.
NathanielLovin 6y ago
They got rid of the writing section in 2016, it's back to 1600 (with optional essay)

caseysoftware 6y ago

A few years ago, I was advising a group of undergraduates at a university and noticed that one was the President of their club. I thought that was cool and met another.. who was also President. Then a third. It turns out, they called all their members "president" so they could all declare they were a "president of X" on their resume and could talk about leadership. Creative way to game the system for $0.

killjoywashere 6y ago
Words have meaning and that amounts to a lie en masse. Because the word "president" has a specific meaning in the English language, what you describe is not "creative", it's "collusion".
- askafriend 6y ago
  The fact that it works is an indictment of the system, not an indictment of the kids.
twic 6y ago
CVs of interns who went to private schools always have "president of the X club" on, for much the same reason. I don't know if they have multiple presidents per club, or if they just have masses of clubs, so everyone can be a president. I went to a state school - we didn't have any clubs!