re: Brown University returns to requiring standardized testing

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My kid made a 31 on the ACT without even thinking about the test until the night before

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He’s not getting in to Brown. It’s ridiculous that colleges went away from testing scores.

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If you don’t think a tutor helps I dont know what to tell you. Money helps most problems. its why people want it

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Tell that to the federal Department of Education and the East Baton Rouge School District. All that money isn't doing very much good.

Society needs to accept some people have the ability and some do not, and all the money in the world won't change that. By the time these kids are applying to college, it's too late to turn them into adequate performers.

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Society needs to accept some people have the ability and some do not, and all the money in the world won't change that. By the time these kids are applying to college, it's too late to turn them into adequate performers.

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^this.

Some people need to pick up trash, dig holes, or whatever.
Probably 75% of college degrees are worthless.

Tuition free and no SAT's for the riff raff and the Uni's performance standards plummet. So DEI doesn’t work after all.

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Must be nice to be rich and have parents send you to sat prep

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Requires a little more than SAT prep.

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Must be nice to be rich and have parents send you to sat prep

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You can buy a practice book on Amazon for like $20.

If that’s not feasible enough, maybe college isn’t for you.

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Must be nice to be rich and have parents send you to sat prep

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Beyond any doubt, success on standardized tests like the SAT have a proven correlation with wealth (family income). However, the other aspects of college admissions (extracurriculars, recommendations, essays, etc.) have an even stronger statistical correlation to wealth. So, while standardized tests are not perfectly fair, they are the least unfair aspect of college admissions.