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The UC system and many other of the top universities in the country have also stopped looking at SAT scores. Growing up with no one in my family having gone to
by culi 2mo ago
The UC system and many other of the top universities in the country have also stopped looking at SAT scores.
Growing up with no one in my family having gone to college I had no idea how any of this stuff worked or anybody to tell me its important. Eventually I moved to a middle class suburb and saw kids hire private tutors for it. Meanwhile I remember 2 days before I had mine scheduled and had to find someone to beg to drive me there. I'm quite thankful that universities acknowledge how silly it is to assess a student's aptitudes from a single test score like that.
I think personal essays and a more holistic assessment is a great alternative but I'm worried about the LLM age and the limits it introduces to that as well. Perhaps interviews are the future. It would certainly better prepare students for the real world
- criddell 2mo agoI'm a fan of selection by lottery for kids that can clear some reasonable bar.
- ghaff 2mo agoThe current system is probably closer to that than a lot of people would like to admit.
- SideQuark 2mo ago> The UC system and many other of the top universities in the country have also stopped looking at SAT scores. Which led to a spectacular failure of incoming students to do basic math, lead to massive increases in failures in first year math courses. Maybe removing signal loses knowledge about who is ready for standard classes?
- zwily 2mo agoAnd UC professors are begging them to unwind that and go back to ACT/SAT.
- frollogaston 2mo agoIt's much cheaper for a smart student to take the SAT than all the alternative ways to stand out. Unless the school just goes by essay, which as we've learned is either lottery or codeword for discrimination, and then they get students who can't deal with college.