MIT going test required again

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:good

The link didn't work for me but this one does:https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/we-are-reinstating-our-sat-act-requirement-for-future-admissions-cycles/Yes, it makes hiring so much easier. We have to thoroughly test applicants ourselves from more racist, cultural fit type colleges in IT as they have just been good at taking nine classes and dropping all but the gut classes. The objective result also helps us find often overlooked, underrepresented candidates from poorer more disadvantaged areas who put the work in individually. A wonderful reprieve after having to deal with an enormous ego and corresponding finger-pointing to deal with the "shock" of how weak they really are in spite of their genitalia/skin/daddy/delusion. MIT using data-driven correlation for more fair entry is awesome!

I have no idea what you're babbling about and you're not doing yourself any favor ranting about "racist, cultural fit type colleges in IT".

*What* are these racist IT colleges?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:See Harvard.

Test optional will be much more prevalent.

People can slide through Harvard without actually being smart. That's much more difficult at a school like MIT, or alot of other schools. I think more schools will be returning to test required.

How many times does this have to be explained to you: standardized admissions tests do not measure intelligence.

And, you need much more than intelligence to do well in college.

You have it backwards. The well constructed, reliable research shows just the opposite

[Anonymous]

"I have no idea what you're babbling about and you're not doing yourself any favor ranting about "racist, cultural fit type colleges in IT".

*What* are these racist IT colleges?"

I'm guessing they mean places like Purdue and Michigan that take tons of White kids (mainly guys) in and never expose them to anybody else on campus, then send them off to jobs in places where they are no longer surrounded by people just like them from the Midwest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:See Harvard.

Test optional will be much more prevalent.

People can slide through Harvard without actually being smart. That's much more difficult at a school like MIT, or alot of other schools. I think more schools will be returning to test required.

How many times does this have to be explained to you: standardized admissions tests do not measure intelligence.

And, you need much more than intelligence to do well in college.

This doesn't really match my experience. The kids who did well on tests were clearly brighter than that kids who didn't.

+1. And the best research studies show the same.

[Anonymous]

So, the SAT/ACT is back, but it’s still a lottery to get in. You could fill 1,337 seats in the DMV alone of students with high test scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:See Harvard.

Test optional will be much more prevalent.

People can slide through Harvard without actually being smart. That's much more difficult at a school like MIT, or alot of other schools. I think more schools will be returning to test required.

How many times does this have to be explained to you: standardized admissions tests do not measure intelligence.

And, you need much more than intelligence to do well in college.

This doesn't really match my experience. The kids who did well on tests were clearly brighter than that kids who didn't.

+1. And the best research studies show the same.

How could you possibly expect it to be different? I mean really, the SAT measures a combination of intelligence, training, work ethic, and basically how bad you want to get into a good college. Of course it predicts success in college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:See Harvard.

Test optional will be much more prevalent.

People can slide through Harvard without actually being smart. That's much more difficult at a school like MIT, or alot of other schools. I think more schools will be returning to test required.

How many times does this have to be explained to you: standardized admissions tests do not measure intelligence.

And, you need much more than intelligence to do well in college.

This doesn't really match my experience. The kids who did well on tests were clearly brighter than that kids who didn't.

+1. And the best research studies show the same.

How could you possibly expect it to be different? I mean really, the SAT measures a combination of intelligence, training, work ethic, and basically how bad you want to get into a good college. Of course it predicts success in college.

Bingo

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"I have no idea what you're babbling about and you're not doing yourself any favor ranting about "racist, cultural fit type colleges in IT".

*What* are these racist IT colleges?"

I'm guessing they mean places like Purdue and Michigan that take tons of White kids (mainly guys) in and never expose them to anybody else on campus, then send them off to jobs in places where they are no longer surrounded by people just like them from the Midwest.

I'm guessing they made up a bunch of crap with mo merit to them. And randomly picked two Midwestern schools just because it fit the bizarre idea of a racist region.

Both Purdue and Michigan have large diverse student bodies. Especially in CS. Purdue is actually historically known for a large intake of international students in its engineering and CS programs.

[Anonymous]

Well MIT has determined that SAT is a predictor of college success so maybe the TO fanatics on DCUM can stop bashing those of us who said the same. Unless they are smarter than the collective analysis of MIT (please submit supporting evidence).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, it's about making people happy. Their data points to testing being pretty useless in their pool.

Can you clarify what you are saying?

It’s clear that the poster is saying, “I’m trolling,” because they posted useless, irrelevant data from 2019.

[Anonymous]

Maybe MIT just doesn’t want to deal with all the extra applications. This will cut the numbers back down.

[Anonymous]

"our ability to accurately predict student academic success at MIT⁠02 is significantly improved by considering standardized testing — especially in mathematics — alongside other factors"

This is the entire thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"our ability to accurately predict student academic success at MIT⁠02 is significantly improved by considering standardized testing — especially in mathematics — alongside other factors"

This is the entire thing.

I know at my Ivy the faculty doesn’t want Stem students with less than a certain score on the math. They think it matters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:good

The link didn't work for me but this one does:https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/we-are-reinstating-our-sat-act-requirement-for-future-admissions-cycles/Yes, it makes hiring so much easier. We have to thoroughly test applicants ourselves from more racist, cultural fit type colleges in IT as they have just been good at taking nine classes and dropping all but the gut classes. The objective result also helps us find often overlooked, underrepresented candidates from poorer more disadvantaged areas who put the work in individually. A wonderful reprieve after having to deal with an enormous ego and corresponding finger-pointing to deal with the "shock" of how weak they really are in spite of their genitalia/skin/daddy/delusion. MIT using data-driven correlation for more fair entry is awesome!

This doesn’t even make sense. It was only test optional for 2 years so how are you having this experience already? I call troll.

BTW, I work in tech and virtually every engineering job has a test or a task in the hiring process. Nobody’s cares about your SAT. They care if you can do the work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That was a long way of saying “We had too many test optional kids flunk out.”

Ha! #truth