Harvard offers remedial EC class this year!

[Anonymous]

No, they did not and will never!

The point is they overly emphasized EC in college admissions. Once you are in, your ECs are never something that needs remedial training.

Someone said that colleges are “smart enough to say that the kids “made the academic cut’ to let them in”, albeit a low standard.

Why can’t they do the same for ECs? Now that every 17 year old is doing insane ECs, curing cancer, raising 10million saving the world, having startups with revolutionary products.

Why can’t they say to the kids, okay you play varsity at school, so you “made the EC cut”?

[Anonymous]

deep breath. it’s going to be ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, they did not and will never!

The point is they overly emphasized EC in college admissions. Once you are in, your ECs are never something that needs remedial training.

Someone said that colleges are “smart enough to say that the kids “made the academic cut’ to let them in”, albeit a low standard.

Why can’t they do the same for ECs? Now that every 17 year old is doing insane ECs, curing cancer, raising 10million saving the world, having startups with revolutionary products.

Why can’t they say to the kids, okay you play varsity at school, so you “made the EC cut”?

Because they have to differentiate somewhere, and grades and test scores have a max upper limit.

Hang in there, OP. It will all work out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, they did not and will never!

The point is they overly emphasized EC in college admissions. Once you are in, your ECs are never something that needs remedial training.

Someone said that colleges are “smart enough to say that the kids “made the academic cut’ to let them in”, albeit a low standard.

Why can’t they do the same for ECs? Now that every 17 year old is doing insane ECs, curing cancer, raising 10million saving the world, having startups with revolutionary products.

Why can’t they say to the kids, okay you play varsity at school, so you “made the EC cut”?

Because they have to differentiate somewhere, and grades and test scores have a max upper limit.

Hang in there, OP. It will all work out.

You know they can just make the tests harder so a current 1500 is now a 1300 and the average is 800 instead of 1000. They can make AP exams a 7 point scale like IB , a current will still be a 5, but break out the higher raw scores into 6s and 7s.

[Anonymous]

* a current 5 will still be a 5

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, they did not and will never!

The point is they overly emphasized EC in college admissions. Once you are in, your ECs are never something that needs remedial training.

Someone said that colleges are “smart enough to say that the kids “made the academic cut’ to let them in”, albeit a low standard.

Why can’t they do the same for ECs? Now that every 17 year old is doing insane ECs, curing cancer, raising 10million saving the world, having startups with revolutionary products.

Why can’t they say to the kids, okay you play varsity at school, so you “made the EC cut”?

That is exactly what Harvard does. Go do some research on their admissions rubric. Intellect, extracurriculars, athletics, personality are all graded on a scale with one being the highest and most candidates needing at least 3 scores of 2 or higher to have a decent admissions shot. An academic 1 by itself (Supra level USAMO medalist, etc.) is only good for a 66% chance. The best chance for a single 1 is recruited athlete at 85%. The material is out there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, they did not and will never!

The point is they overly emphasized EC in college admissions. Once you are in, your ECs are never something that needs remedial training.

Someone said that colleges are “smart enough to say that the kids “made the academic cut’ to let them in”, albeit a low standard.

Why can’t they do the same for ECs? Now that every 17 year old is doing insane ECs, curing cancer, raising 10million saving the world, having startups with revolutionary products.

Why can’t they say to the kids, okay you play varsity at school, so you “made the EC cut”?

Because they have to differentiate somewhere, and grades and test scores have a max upper limit.

Hang in there, OP. It will all work out.

You know they can just make the tests harder so a current 1500 is now a 1300 and the average is 800 instead of 1000. They can make AP exams a 7 point scale like IB , a current will still be a 5, but break out the higher raw scores into 6s and 7s.

A1600 still translated into a 1520 back in the 80s. You can't make the tails that thin. There were single digit or very low double digit perfect scores in some years.

Superscoring wasn't a thing and colleges saw all your test results.

Standardized test scores inhibits diversity so they watered it down

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, they did not and will never!

The point is they overly emphasized EC in college admissions. Once you are in, your ECs are never something that needs remedial training.

Someone said that colleges are “smart enough to say that the kids “made the academic cut’ to let them in”, albeit a low standard.

Why can’t they do the same for ECs? Now that every 17 year old is doing insane ECs, curing cancer, raising 10million saving the world, having startups with revolutionary products.

Why can’t they say to the kids, okay you play varsity at school, so you “made the EC cut”?

Because they have to differentiate somewhere, and grades and test scores have a max upper limit.

Hang in there, OP. It will all work out.

You know they can just make the tests harder so a current 1500 is now a 1300 and the average is 800 instead of 1000. They can make AP exams a 7 point scale like IB , a current will still be a 5, but break out the higher raw scores into 6s and 7s.

So go back to pre 1995?

Because back then a 600 verbal would be a 720-740 now. Math was a bit less of a difference. But point is that pre 1995 SAT, if you got a 1350, that's like a 1550+ now. They changed the tests many times since then, but go look it up

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, they did not and will never!

The point is they overly emphasized EC in college admissions. Once you are in, your ECs are never something that needs remedial training.

Someone said that colleges are “smart enough to say that the kids “made the academic cut’ to let them in”, albeit a low standard.

Why can’t they do the same for ECs? Now that every 17 year old is doing insane ECs, curing cancer, raising 10million saving the world, having startups with revolutionary products.

Why can’t they say to the kids, okay you play varsity at school, so you “made the EC cut”?

Because they have to differentiate somewhere, and grades and test scores have a max upper limit.

Hang in there, OP. It will all work out.

You know they can just make the tests harder so a current 1500 is now a 1300 and the average is 800 instead of 1000. They can make AP exams a 7 point scale like IB , a current will still be a 5, but break out the higher raw scores into 6s and 7s.

A1600 still translated into a 1520 back in the 80s. You can't make the tails that thin. There were single digit or very low double digit perfect scores in some years.

Superscoring wasn't a thing and colleges saw all your test results.

Standardized test scores inhibits diversity so they watered it down

In the 1980s/early 1990s, most kids didn't study for or take the test multiple times. My SAT test prep was the PSAT. We just went in and took the test, making sure we had our sharpened #2 pencils and directions to the test center (if not our HS).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, they did not and will never!

The point is they overly emphasized EC in college admissions. Once you are in, your ECs are never something that needs remedial training.

Someone said that colleges are “smart enough to say that the kids “made the academic cut’ to let them in”, albeit a low standard.

Why can’t they do the same for ECs? Now that every 17 year old is doing insane ECs, curing cancer, raising 10million saving the world, having startups with revolutionary products.

Why can’t they say to the kids, okay you play varsity at school, so you “made the EC cut”?

Because they have to differentiate somewhere, and grades and test scores have a max upper limit.

Hang in there, OP. It will all work out.

You know they can just make the tests harder so a current 1500 is now a 1300 and the average is 800 instead of 1000. They can make AP exams a 7 point scale like IB , a current will still be a 5, but break out the higher raw scores into 6s and 7s.

A1600 still translated into a 1520 back in the 80s. You can't make the tails that thin. There were single digit or very low double digit perfect scores in some years.

Superscoring wasn't a thing and colleges saw all your test results.

Standardized test scores inhibits diversity so they watered it down

+1

[Anonymous]

They said College Board started making SAT much harder beginning March 2025. We will see in the next application cycle.

[Anonymous]

I certainly hope this is available to undergrads, especially first-gen:
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/educational-programs/executive-education/admissions-fees/executive-certificates/nonprofit

[Anonymous]

This post is incoherent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, they did not and will never!

The point is they overly emphasized EC in college admissions. Once you are in, your ECs are never something that needs remedial training.

Someone said that colleges are “smart enough to say that the kids “made the academic cut’ to let them in”, albeit a low standard.

Why can’t they do the same for ECs? Now that every 17 year old is doing insane ECs, curing cancer, raising 10million saving the world, having startups with revolutionary products.

Why can’t they say to the kids, okay you play varsity at school, so you “made the EC cut”?

Because they have to differentiate somewhere, and grades and test scores have a max upper limit.

Hang in there, OP. It will all work out.

You know they can just make the tests harder so a current 1500 is now a 1300 and the average is 800 instead of 1000. They can make AP exams a 7 point scale like IB , a current will still be a 5, but break out the higher raw scores into 6s and 7s.

A1600 still translated into a 1520 back in the 80s. You can't make the tails that thin. There were single digit or very low double digit perfect scores in some years.

Superscoring wasn't a thing and colleges saw all your test results.

Standardized test scores inhibits diversity so they watered it down

In the 1980s/early 1990s, most kids didn't study for or take the test multiple times. My SAT test prep was the PSAT. We just went in and took the test, making sure we had our sharpened #2 pencils and directions to the test center (if not our HS).

100% 1988 Ffx Co HS grad

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, they did not and will never!

The point is they overly emphasized EC in college admissions. Once you are in, your ECs are never something that needs remedial training.

Someone said that colleges are “smart enough to say that the kids “made the academic cut’ to let them in”, albeit a low standard.

Why can’t they do the same for ECs? Now that every 17 year old is doing insane ECs, curing cancer, raising 10million saving the world, having startups with revolutionary products.

Why can’t they say to the kids, okay you play varsity at school, so you “made the EC cut”?

Because they have to differentiate somewhere, and grades and test scores have a max upper limit.

Hang in there, OP. It will all work out.

You know they can just make the tests harder so a current 1500 is now a 1300 and the average is 800 instead of 1000. They can make AP exams a 7 point scale like IB , a current will still be a 5, but break out the higher raw scores into 6s and 7s.

A1600 still translated into a 1520 back in the 80s. You can't make the tails that thin. There were single digit or very low double digit perfect scores in some years.

Superscoring wasn't a thing and colleges saw all your test results.

Standardized test scores inhibits diversity so they watered it down

In the 1980s/early 1990s, most kids didn't study for or take the test multiple times. My SAT test prep was the PSAT. We just went in and took the test, making sure we had our sharpened #2 pencils and directions to the test center (if not our HS).

100% 1988 Ffx Co HS grad

Oh please. Your experience wasn’t universal. Kaplan and Princeton review were around in the 1980s. Test prep has always been around in various forms to help richer kids to get a leg up.