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I sometimes wonder if rich people pay tutors to test prep their stupid children simply because they don't want their kids knowing they only got into a good scho
by tomp 4y ago
I sometimes wonder if rich people pay tutors to test prep their stupid children simply because they don't want their kids knowing they only got into a good school because of corruption.
- sokoloff 4y agoThere’s no amount of test prep that will get a “stupid child” to a 1500+ on the SAT.
- MisterBastahrd 4y agoTo get into Jesuit High in New Orleans, you need to have parents with money, no criminal record, and a pulse. The average student ACT score there is 31. That's the 95th percentile nationally. Those kids get great educations and have involved parents, but they aren't averaging 31s due to merit unless you're counting their parents' wallets too.
- sokoloff 4y agoThat looks to be about the equivalent of 1400 in the SAT. An ACT of 31 is more aligned to Tulane’s admitted class than Harvard’s. (Tulane is a top 50 university, so still “a good school” relative to the entire population of 18 year old high school grads.)
- selimthegrim 4y agoI’ve taught at Tulane and I promise you some of these 31 ACT kids can’t add fractions or understand how exponents work, leave aside integrals.