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Why is SAT score a good way to decide which student is more deserving of a spot? There should be some SAT score floor. But beyond that other factors should tak
by criddell 3y ago
Why is SAT score a good way to decide which student is more deserving of a spot?
There should be some SAT score floor. But beyond that other factors should take over. If the floor is at n and two applicants appear - one with a score of 1.1n and the other 1.2n, I don’t think that’s enough information to decide who should get the spot.
- Brusco_RF 3y ago> Why is SAT score a good way to decide which student is more deserving of a spot? Name a better way.
- dropofwill 3y agoSAT score floor + lottery?
- Brusco_RF 3y agoWhat makes you think that is better?
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- criddell 3y agoVox had an article about college lotteries earlier this year you might find interesting: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/4/19/23689402/college-admissions-lottery-ivy-league https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/4/19/23689402/colleg...
- Brusco_RF 3y ago[flagged]
- SkyBelow 3y agoLottery is a metric that can't be gamed, if implemented correctly. It may not ever be the best system, but it also can't end up being what was a better system that was gamed into a worst system. It provides a certain level of consistent mediocracy between various other systems which rise and fall as they are gamed.
- golemiprague 3y ago[dead]
- caterpi11ar 3y agowhat are the other factors?
- tekla 3y agoThere is an incredible about of SAT prep that is free. It's a good way of figuring out who is intellectually capable. SAT scores have a very good prediction rate of success in college.
- criddell 3y agoHigh SAT scores are only a good predictor against low SAT scores. Can you say that extremely high SAT scores are a better indicator of college success than very high SAT scores? I’m not saying SAT scores are useless, just that they should only be used as a filter and not for ranking.