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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My family is from an Asian country where tests determine the course of your future and I find the entire system does not necessarily produce the most innovation and people spend years learning to take these tests and prepping when they could have used that time for other academic exploration.  Why would we want college campuses where everyone has the same abilities? Particularly for non-stem majors it really does not make any sense to me. 
Many of the most modern advances of this century were a product of the US education system and I think a large part of that is because there is such a diversity of though, a climate of innovation and push-back, and a global talent pool. Anyway just curious about the thoughts of others, particularly test proponents, and whether they really think that a student with a 1570 SAT is adding more to a campus than someone with a 1400 SAT.[/quote]

Failed attempt at pretending to be an Asian  :lol:

You do realize that the vast majority of innovators are intelligent and likely have high test scores. Before you ask me to prove it, I'd ask you to prove that these innovators have poor test scores.  I'll wait.[/quote]

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