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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think if forced to choose, college professors would rather teach high SAT/low GPA kids than low SAT/ high GPA kids.

I wonder why that is?[/quote]
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Based on data compiled across 139 colleges in 2023, these graphs show the percentage of students expected to be in the top 1% of income earners based on their career status at age 25. As you can see, higher standardized test scores (left graph) correlate very well with future economic success; one’s High School GPA (right graph) shows no such correlation, and instead is consistent with a flat, uncorrelated distribution.

[img]https://bigthink.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GPAvsSAT.jpg[/img][/quote]

Professors themselves are very, very far from being in the top 1% of income earners. Bet a lot of them would prefer the high GPA/low SAT students.[/quote]

NP no way.  that's either grade inflation or just a not great school.  You think they really love those kids with an A+ in Calc BC and a 3 on the AP exam.  Nope[/quote]

What about an A in Calc AB, a 4 on the exam, and a 630 on the math portion of the SAT? For a kid who doesn’t ever plan on taking another math course in their life?

Not everyone is an engineering or CS major, but they all have to perform on this same test. Even the Ivies educate artists and musicians and philosophers and all sorts of other multifaceted individuals whose contributions can’t be measured by a standardized test.[/quote]

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