Now tests optional, will grades optional next? Might as well!

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Anonymous wrote:Do you wonder how college app will be like for your grandchildren?

What’s the point of standardized testing when you can spend money on prep courses and increase your scores? There is no correlation between test scores and doing well at college. The only correlation with test scores is how much money your parent have.

$0 (5 practice tests)=1520

Spent $750 for online prep thingy during Winter = 1530

Do you know how out-of-reach $750 is for most students? What bubble do you live in?

LOL but they can spent $$$ for a degree in psycholgy at some no name school.

I'm not sure how much it actually helped, but I consider it money well spent in my case.

[Anonymous]

There will be students from legacy admin and sports. The rest will be lottery.
Same for med and law schools.
You pick up a doctor by lottery and the doctor uses google to determine what medication you need.
We will all die one day, why bather.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh just stop.

Grades matter most than any other factor, so they will be around for a while.

Tests will also matter significally so they will be around for a while.

Colleges seems to reserve 20-30% for test optional kids, but those will be used anywyas for under represented minorities, QB, legacy, atheletes, etc. for the most part.

If they think tests are not important, they should get rid of all the other tests for medical school, law school, grad school, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you wonder how college app will be like for your grandchildren?

What’s the point of standardized testing when you can spend money on prep courses and increase your scores? There is no correlation between test scores and doing well at college. The only correlation with test scores is how much money your parent have.

$0 (5 practice tests)=1520

Spent $750 for online prep thingy during Winter = 1530

Do you know how out-of-reach $750 is for most students? What bubble do you live in?

LOL but they can spent $$$ for a degree in psycholgy at some no name school.

I'm not sure how much it actually helped, but I consider it money well spent in my case.

To add some more, I've seen parents spending money on tutoring(for higher gpa), spending money on sports, even hiring consultants for college admission application packages.
It was the least I could do for my kid.

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Anonymous wrote:I think they should go with the IQ test type that measure fundamental intelligence kind of like admission to AAP

Why? High IQ doesn't equate success in school. My brother and son both have an IQ in the mid 130s. Both have ADHD. My brother failed out of college. He was not diagnosed back then. My son is now a teenager and hates his ADHD medication. He refuses to take it now and his current grades will maybe get him into a lowly state school. There's a lot that goes into success in school. IQ isn't the most important factor.

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Anonymous wrote:I think they should go with the IQ test type that measure fundamental intelligence kind of like admission to AAP

That test is such a crock. Especially when given to second graders.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you wonder how college app will be like for your grandchildren?

Grandma- go back to your armchair watching Foxnews with your complaints with no real world experience.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you wonder how college app will be like for your grandchildren?

What’s the point of standardized testing when you can spend money on prep courses and increase your scores? There is no correlation between test scores and doing well at college. The only correlation with test scores is how much money your parent have.

Colleges would not be using test scores if they didn't correlate to college performance. It would be a colossal waste of everyone's time, including theirs. ACT and College Board both offer free test prep on their websites.

[Anonymous]

Don’t worry. Schools have a self-interest in finding and/or maintaining ways that accurately identify the best students for their school. If they didn’t, their alumni base and academic prestige would erode.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you wonder how college app will be like for your grandchildren?

What’s the point of standardized testing when you can spend money on prep courses and increase your scores? There is no correlation between test scores and doing well at college. The only correlation with test scores is how much money your parent have.

What's the point of GPA when you spend money and hire tutors and increase your grade. Is there a correlation between GPA and doing well at college?

Yes. And there's also a correlation for test scores at the schools that use them.

[Anonymous]

Perhaps, alumni referrals only.

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Maybe, pay to play!

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Interviews with trick questions.

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Alumni/networking only, just like life is once you leave college. Good grades don’t mean that you are smart or have any life skills.

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Anonymous wrote:Interviews with trick questions.

Group interviews organized around team problem solving.