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Despite the handwringing and poopooing from "liberals" there isa correlation between test performance and performance in college. Why would you send a student
by adamsmith143 4y ago
Despite the handwringing and poopooing from "liberals" there isa correlation between test performance and performance in college. Why would you send a student with sub 1000 SATs to Harvard when they likely won't be able to pass a single course?
- hotpotamus 4y agoWhy would you? Because you want them to get the most rigorous education possible I presume. I'm not saying it's a good idea, but it doesn't seem like anyone in the scenario doubts the value of education.
- adamsmith143 4y agoThe point being if you don't have some base level of preparedness the value of the education will be lost on you because you cannot complete it.
- hotpotamus 4y agoThat makes sense to me. Presumably it's up to the university to make that determination, isn't it?
- adamsmith143 4y agoIndeed and most have found that scores below a certain cutoff on a test like the SAT indicate that the student is unlikely to handle the curriculum.
- hotpotamus 4y agoThat makes sense, but I was under the impression that some(many?) of the most elite colleges had actually done away with the SAT requirements. I wonder if it has affected their graduation rate?
- adamsmith143 4y agoI don't think most have, MIT for example explicitly went back to testing precisely for the reasons mentioned. https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/we-are-reinstating-our-sat-act-requirement-for-future-admissions-cycles/ https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/we-are-reinstating-our... Absent test scores all you have is GPA which can be gamed and is impossible to compare against other applicants and extracurriculars which will be dominated by wealthy kids with engaged parents. so that smart kid from a poor family in West Virginia has no way to show they can compete with the kid from Greenwich on the Lacrosse, Sailing and Model UN teams.