MyHypatia

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by MyHypatia 5y ago
Yes, graduation/drop out is just one metric. There are other studies that look at SAT scores and grades, and they only correlate for the first year. I would argue that elite schools mostly want students who will become wealthy leaders.
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Ok so maybe instead of "strictly better" I should have just said better. There is research on this. For example, this study from the University of Chicago: "UChicago Consortium researchers found that the predictive power of G
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> But subject tests are not required right. You're correct, they are not required. I think that rather than a requirement, students should be able to submit these AP/SAT II scores to add value to their application. Some schools
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No, your assertion is false. The research on SAT scores and college success show very weak correlations with SAT/ACT scores and college preparedness and success. On the positive side it seems to correlate with grades in the first year
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I think subject tests (like AP exams, or SAT II subject tests ) are much better indicators of college preparedness and success. It tests mastery in a particular subject (Spanish, chemistry, biology, calculus, ...). It shows that students ca
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My point is that the SAT does not test actual skills (as you apparently agree with) and the "psychometric abilities" that it's supposed to measure are really weak indicators for college preparedness and success. If the SAT do
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It's not disingenuous to question whether the SAT tests skills relevant for college "worthiness" or "preparedness". -When I took the SAT, analogies made up about one quarter of the questions on the Verbal section of
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I have to disagree that college is a waste of time. I use the advanced math and engineering skills I learned in college every day. I got hands on experience volunteering in labs, learned how to organize projects, practiced my presentation s
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I think SAT/ACT is a tragic waste of time. If you add up all the hours that all the students spend practicing questions that are not relevant to any college major or job, it's just such a sad way to force kids to spend their time
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Is SAT performance actually a better predictor of college readiness than just using grades, an essay, and AP test scores? It's worth considering that we have been wasting an enormous amount of people's time and energy training the
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I don't think it's like pre-crime. What he wrote isn't a crime. No one is calling for him to be jailed. He exercised his right to free speech, wrote a book that disparaged his former colleagues, and now his current colleagues
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So words should have no consequences whatsoever? If I go to an interview and I'm rude, I probably won't get hired even if I am the most qualified candidate. If I mock people and create an atmosphere people don't want to be in
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Yes, I was paraphrasing. But my point still stands. Mr. Garcia Martinez did publish those remarks. I don't know that I would use the word "unsafe", but definitely uncomfortable and less meritocratic if people can go around sa
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Right. Instead, Apple should continue to pay someone that employees don't want to work with. To be a leader in the organization people need to trust him and want to work with him. Enough people at Apple said, "No thanks. I can be
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by MyHypatia 5y ago
I am glad that things are returning to normal and masks are now optional. I am also really glad that masks have become socially acceptable. I plan to keep wearing a mask on planes and public transportation so I don't get as many colds.
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Serious questions for Paul Graham, or others defending this guy: 1) What should the women who work under him do? Accept performance evaluations from him and have their livelihoods screwed with? He literally published how much contempt he ha
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If the company had let him stay, how should it respond to female employees who bring up "Hey, this person wrote that women are useless baggage and he's going to evaluate me, determine my salary, and career opportunities here. Why
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A person who wrote that Bay Area women are "soft", "weak" "useless baggage" that "should be traded for shotgun shells" should not be entrusted with a position where he evaluates other people's jo
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He did not write a fiction novel. He wrote a book about his time working on ads at Facebook. He has now been hired to work on ads at Apple. Pointing this out is not "throwing away all literature".
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I think the clown world is hiring someone who wrote: “Most women in the Bay Area are soft and weak, cosseted and naive despite their claims of worldliness, and generally full of shit. They have their self-regarding entitlement feminism, and
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"Come an epidemic plague [women] are useless baggage you'd trade for a box of shotgun shells." If he ends up in a hospital with covid he should have the guts to say that to the healthcare staff (70% female). That useless bagg
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I agree the post-consumer recycling passes the buck from manufacturers to consumers. I think your point can be made without making it sound like it is because "Karens", which is just a way of saying "thoughtless women",
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Ok, some other examples include: -Seminaries and monasteries that only house and educate men. -Women's colleges that only house and educate women. -Homeless and domestic violence shelters that only house men or women. -All-boys and all
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Yes, non-inclusive spaces are legal. There are still golf clubs in the US that don't allow women. Just last week the top golf club in the US voted to allow women for the first time in its 108 year history. If these male-only spaces are
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Teaching her how to program a computer is basically like giving her an infinite lego set. She can keep building new and interesting things as her interests change over time. I cannot overstate how impactful learning how to program was in my
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I have mixed feelings about stories like this. On one hand, making a big deal of the person's age puts emphasis on a detail that shouldn't matter. On the other hand, it shows people what is possible and to not limit themselves for
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Your statement that "it's only legal and socially acceptable in one direction" is factually incorrect. There are hundreds of examples of male-only clubs in the US. Every Free Mason lodge, all Catholic seminaries, golf clubs,
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Ok, if you're just going to lie down and accept paying higher interest rates or jumping through hoops because you're male/female/black/white then go ahead. I don't accept having to jump through additional hoops
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Okay, so if someone conducts a scientific study that people from your demographic are less likely to pay back loans, and a bank uses that to deny you a loan to start your business. What are you going to do? Are you going to accept that &quo
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To be clear, I support that this type of research is conducted. I even said "I find it mildly interesting from the scientific perspective." I am pointing out that the people who are uncomfortable with this research, are not just c

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