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You can look at the standardized tests (SAT, ACT) and their respective correlations to IQ tests. I'm not claiming that colleges give IQ tests themselves, just
by alphazard 4y ago
You can look at the standardized tests (SAT, ACT) and their respective correlations to IQ tests. I'm not claiming that colleges give IQ tests themselves, just that they care a lot about other tests which are highly correlated.
There are many studies on the correlations here, and you should do your own survey of the literature if you are curious, not trust a cherry picked study posted by some guy on HN.
- anonymouskimmer 4y agoI've looked at various ones over the years. I even still have the reference for at least one (that shows a negative correlation between ACT SR+R:M+E ratio and success in college, and recommends that colleges should select against such ACT composite scores). I just wanted to also read whatever papers or articles you were thinking of. I also know that, all else held equal, super-intelligence starts to show a negative correlation with success in college if the super-intelligent individual is curricularly mainstreamed in pre-college school. So the correlation with intelligence, at least, does break down in various cases. I'm sure it does with conscientiousness as well. Whether this is at the level of admissions? I know that selective schools tend to pass on students who score wildly above their average, because the student is less likely to attend if accepted (and for college rankings purposes this looks bad).