Test optional sucks and Cornell is not elite

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Anonymous wrote:Really surprised by all the SAT defenders on here. Thought it’s been established they are biased but sure if you can spend a fortune in tutoring you don’t want to upset the status quo.

Biased toward whom? People who get the answers right? Never understood this argument.

Then you don’t sound so intelligent . I’ll agree this may be true for much of the math section but really check your privilege and broaden your horizons

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Anonymous wrote:https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMe57FM2M/
Into Cornell with an 1130.

Gosh what a talented and original kid! Exactly someone who should be admitted to an Ivy, scores be damned.

I'll repeat: Look at the tiktok prior to this one, which lists all her criteria and shows her portfolio, and then come back here and make the case she is not qualified.

And the video afterwards where she says she is likely not going...

Turning down Cornell for The New School is definitely an 1130 decision and not a 1500+ decision.

You clearly don’t know anything about Parsons or it’s reputation. Learn before you comment. It’s top notch in its field.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jealousy is gross

I think people are wondering what the standards are based on? There are no longer norms. It’s a free for all. Totally random. I don’t think it’s jealousy. I think it’s confusion.

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I did bad on the test. Must be the test's fault.

Isn't prepping on a subject for a test precisely what most of college involves? So whether one can do that seems at the very least relevant. Or, from the blame perspective, why should the SAT be presumed to be more biased than any particular college course?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Really surprised by all the SAT defenders on here. Thought it’s been established they are biased but sure if you can spend a fortune in tutoring you don’t want to upset the status quo.

Biased toward whom? People who get the answers right? Never understood this argument.

Then you don’t sound so intelligent . I’ll agree this may be true for much of the math section but really check your privilege and broaden your horizons

I remember walking out of the test in the 90’s and there was a baseball question that I knew I got right and most my female friends would get wrong. Even then I thought... that’s bullshit.

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Anonymous wrote:I love how she swears in the video, Real quality catch you picked there Cornell.

You know your kid probably swears, just not in front of you, right?

This thread is bizarre. Don't you remember how much the SAT sucked? Don't you remember being miserable on a Saturday morning as you had to take the damn thing? Feeling like no matter how good a student you were, Monday-Friday, how you did on this one thing was more important?

Thank goodness that isn't the case anymore.

The problem is with grade inflation, it is difficult to assess intelligence. Just because you are in an easier school and have more free time to pad your resume doesn't mean you belong at an ivy.

No it’s not a problem studies show.

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Anonymous wrote:Really surprised by all the SAT defenders on here. Thought it’s been established they are biased but sure if you can spend a fortune in tutoring you don’t want to upset the status quo.

Biased toward whom? People who get the answers right? Never understood this argument.

Then you don’t sound so intelligent . I’ll agree this may be true for much of the math section but really check your privilege and broaden your horizons

I remember walking out of the test in the 90’s and there was a baseball question that I knew I got right and most my female friends would get wrong. Even then I thought... that’s bullshit.

Exactly this! There are ten trillion possible ways to test knowledge and potential. If the (for lack of a better term) ruling class writes the test then the test is biased.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid who was a NMS, had 35 ACT, countless APs and extremely high GPA, three sport athlete and involved in leadership activities got rejected by almost every Ivy League (she didn’t apply to one - rejected by the rest).

Very jaded here.

It isn't her. I know you know that but you need to keep repeating it. It isn't her.

We have 4 kids either graduated from or are currently attending Ivies. Each of our kids have told us the same thing: the scandal has caused all sorts of craziness with Ivy admissions. In the past 2 years our kids have seen an incredible downward trend in the quality of admitted students.

Our kids say they and their friends have noticed and commented about the poor caliber of incoming students. One of their friends is a TA as he is pursuing his PhD and he wrote the most scathing closed blog post about the quality of this year's Freshman class. I don't know if the Ivies admissions groups will be able to get back on course or not. It will be interesting to see.

Just keep repeating, PP, it isn't my daughter, it is the bad process. Hugs to your daughter that she loves where she ends up choosing and knowing that they wanted her for her.

To first pp, jaded really?

To pp, what utter BS. I’m sure none of these low caliber are wealthy white students. Check your privilege or send them to a state school where all the top kids are going since they can’t get into an ivy.

Huh.

Three of our four kids referred to above are black. If you don't believe me then you can ask the Steeles. They don't know us and we always post anonymously; however, they likely will tell you that my husband and I consistently post the same information about our family...so we're probably legit.

But you just keep on keeping on with your racist and bigoted self.

Your kids sound like idiots... "in 2 years there is a downward trend in admits" WTF even is that. Did they do a study? Are they just talking to kids in the Starbucks? Are they doing a cross comparison in all Ivy's and drawing data from the 80's/90's....

You just sound dumb AF, did you adopt because you don't sound like you could break a 3.0 in HS.

So hostile. You sound triggered and reactive. Yuck.

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Anonymous wrote:I love how she swears in the video, Real quality catch you picked there Cornell.

+ 100

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMe57FM2M/
Into Cornell with an 1130.

Gosh what a talented and original kid! Exactly someone who should be admitted to an Ivy, scores be damned.

I'll repeat: Look at the tiktok prior to this one, which lists all her criteria and shows her portfolio, and then come back here and make the case she is not qualified.

Lol no one is stupid enough to try THAT! That would involve "facts" and "objectivity". This is DCUM.

[Anonymous]

I have one child at Harvard and one at Cornell. I am really sick of all the ridiculous Cornell hate on this board. Cornell is an incredible school and both of my kids are getting wonderful educations. They've both had plenty of opportunities and both love their classes and campus lives. Why is there such a need to bash certain schools? It's weird.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMe57FM2M/
Into Cornell with an 1130.

Gosh what a talented and original kid! Exactly someone who should be admitted to an Ivy, scores be damned.

I'll repeat: Look at the tiktok prior to this one, which lists all her criteria and shows her portfolio, and then come back here and make the case she is not qualified.

Lol no one is stupid enough to try THAT! That would involve "facts" and "objectivity". This is DCUM.

Its because when you look at her entire application its clear she IS qualified, and that breaks the narrative of the test-optional haters.

[Anonymous]

Ok. What is she saying with the middle finger? Who is that for? If that was for Cornell on social media then would they keep or remit her admittance?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok. What is she saying with the middle finger? Who is that for? If that was for Cornell on social media then would they keep or remit her admittance?

She is saying that her parents didn't raise her right.

[Anonymous]

All I had to do was read the first page of this thread and see that there are 9 pages after just one day to know where this was heading. I’m so sorry to all the disgruntled DCUM parents for their loss in this year’s college lottery. However, suck it up, get over your disappointment at your child’s rejections and waitlists, celebrate their options in whatever unexpected form they take this year, and let your kids know you are confident they can succeed under any circumstance.

Get over the spilt milk of 2020 & 2021...