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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How many of the previous posters on this thread are NOT privileged?  Let me guess:  none. [/quote]
Oh please give me a freaking break!  I am a black Latina who grew up in abject poverty with English being my second language.  Even I scored 1520 on the SAT.  I studied for the test with an outdated book from the library.  I got my behind up every day at 5:00 a.m. and studied for an hour each day before school.  It could be done.  There are no freaking excuses!

I don't know about your household, but in my household my children are expected to score high on ALL exams and take rigorous courses.  My child scored a 1540 on her SAT last year as a sophomore.  She studied on Khan Academy because it was free.  Heck, I just told my 9th grader this morning that I expect him to score over 1500 next fall on his SAT exam when he is a sophomore. This is how I roll in my house.  Stakes are high and their brown skins will not be spared when racism comes knocking on their door.  I carry the burden of deep pain for my children's future.  Too many people suffered, died, march, protest, etc. for them to not to score high on their exams.  Damn, my people are still fighting for human rights, voting rights, etc.  Privilege no, not here in this house just high expectations and the history of Jim Crow on my kids' backs!

I welcome that universities are making standardized test a requirement.  The insanity of test optional only hurts students and makes the college admission process dysfunctional.  It is beyond time that the dysfunctional college admission process is abolished.  My daughter wants to become an engineer and she is only applying to schools that require the SAT.   Screw the test optional schools!  I am so ecstatic that engineering schools are taking the lead on eradicating the nonsense of test optional.

STOP THE INSANITY BRING BACK THE SAT!  
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Thank you!!! I also scored a 1520 on the SAT back in 1991. I was ecstatic; I had prepared myself using a $20 book. I would have gotten one from the library if I hadn't been able to afford that. I'm Latina also (not the privileged kind).[/quote]

I know. I scored a 1540 as immigrant Laotian using pages from a SAT prep book that were hand copied in the margins of Italian store take-out menus.  I would have stolen a copy if I hadn’t found them. [/quote].
You could have borrowed test prep books from the library.[/quote].

Our library had one copy that a couple hundred kids were vying for. So shoplifting really was the only option. [/quote]

Isn't a SAT prep book like $15? 
If you are that much flat broke, college is not a place for you. 
get a job[/quote]

and the truth comes out - college isn't for the poor.[/quote]
Actually, it is for the poor. See the thread on ROI where the poor OP got a free ivy league PhD and her spouse got free Ivy league undergrad and law school. [/quote]

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