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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I don't think that is quite true. I paid $5000 for a private tutor to help DS improve his score. It wouldn't have improved if he didn't have some basic level of intelligence, but he's in a better position than someone whose parents could not hire a tutor and had his same basic level of intelligence. The test is still slanted towards the rich, which is unfortunate.

Affluent students who can afford private tutoring/prep do have some advantage for standardized tests, but the money, time, and parental availability necessary to become a recruitable athlete or rack up impressive sounding extracurriculars or internships for “holistic review” favors the wealthy even more.[/quote]

I totally get and don't deny that this is the case for sports and certain other activities.  My kid's most impressive EC is a leadership position on robotics team, which we have generally not incurred any expenses in relation to.  We had to pay for his transportation to worlds, but his team had sponsorships to fund kids who could not afford it.  I think this is something that varies EC to EC, and there is not uniformity on.[/quote]

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