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Caltech is a very selective school, and I'd bet that the majority of applicants have taken the SAT or ACT. Lots of research has shown that standardized test sco
by Bostonian 3y ago
Caltech is a very selective school, and I'd bet that the majority of applicants have taken the SAT or ACT. Lots of research has shown that standardized test scores, in addition to high school grades, predict college success better than high school GPA alone. It's strange to throw out relevant data when making an important decision, and that's why I think Caltech and other schools that are doing so are trying smuggle racial preferences (banned by a recent Supreme Court decision) into the admissions process.
- jonjacky 3y agoOr, maybe the admissions committee understands the significance of SAT scores better than you do. From long experience with many students like me, they may have concluded that within their applicant pool, the variations among SAT scores do not predict success at Caltech. They might have found that applicant X having a SAT score delta points higher than applicant Y is just noise and has no predictive power about which will succeed. In my class, about a third of the students who were admitted did not graduate. Many of those who did not finish must have had SAT scores higher than mine.
- jonjacky 3y agoIt's too late to edit, but I would like to omit the snarky first sentence "Or, maybe ..." and just begin this comment with the second sentence: "Or, maybe from long experience ..." I usually don't comment on social/political issues, but in this case I had a specific personal experience that was pertinent.