Jeff Selingo Newsletter: Class of 2022 "it's best to have a test score if it will help your case"

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Anonymous wrote:Standardized tests are not fair and penalize those from disadvantaged backgrounds and we all know it.

You know what they should do? Put a ton of really good, free SAT/ACT resources online so those who are economically disadvantaged can put in a ton of prep and practice.

Khan Academy already exist. Jeff Bezos should make Kaplan SAT/ACT course free for those disadvantaged.

On another note, so a non-URM kid and a URM kid, both from the same school and both set of parents are professionals, lives in same neighborhoods, will be judge differently just because of skin color?

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And you don’t think they get judged differently by the police, when they walk in a store, when they walk in a classroom, when it is time to refer kids to accelerated programs, etc.?

So they are the only ones who face disadvantages and deserve to have to do less to earn the same thing?

tell that to the Chinese American kid whose grandmother is viciously attacked on the subway and is fighting for her life in the hospital.... because of her race. Or the brown kid who's parents had their store vandalized after 9/11. Noooo sorry you have too many advantages so your pain and hardship doesn't matter, that's the breaks.

Enough of this f-ing nonsense.

Yes, enough of this nonsense trying to improve as a society by reducing racism.

Yes. Enough! Unless ALL racism matters not just the ones you pick and choose.

The problem is racism likely doesn't matter to you unless you're using racism against Asians to say racism against blacks should be ignored. I say get rid of all preferences (sports, legacy, URM) and let scores determine who gets in. But I'm sure you'd object to that because Asian kids would dominate every top school. Asians know you're using violence against Asians only when it suits your self interested points. Every other day, Asian kids are over prepped, robots with no personality who don't deserves spots at top schools. White kids significantly underperform Asian and yet because of white affirmative action, white kids get spots over more deserving Asian kids. That needs to stop.

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Anonymous wrote:Standardized tests are not fair and penalize those from disadvantaged backgrounds and we all know it.

You know what they should do? Put a ton of really good, free SAT/ACT resources online so those who are economically disadvantaged can put in a ton of prep and practice.

I agree. Get those resources out there for those who do not have the funds to pay private.
And for those who pay $$$$, have them sign an attestation to this fact.

--parent of kid practiced the night before on the paper test booklet sent home. No other prep or practice. Got an excellent score.

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Umm, Khan Academy already has extensive free SAT prep.