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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]HS students should get one bite at the apple. ACT, SAT, their choice. But one at bat. That’s it. This super scoring horseshit is the one of the most bizarre developments since I was applying to college hundreds of years ago.[/quote]

Here comes the one-and-done-1600 mom pushing her kid's interests.  If her kid hadn't lucked out that day, she'd be singing a different tune. [/quote]

What's your issue? You're apparently arguing against the value of tests in the admissions process because you have some personal motivation, which you try to cloak with the "tests are biased" horseshit. As for kids "lucking out", ask any one of the parents whose kid crushed the ACT (36, all subpart 36s on first attempt) or the SAT (1600 on first attempt) and I'd bet every last one of those kids also crushed the PSAT, their AP exams, every other standardized test they ever took, etc.

Face it, a system focused almost entirely on GPA and rigor (e.g., the UC and especially the CSU systems) is a horrendous bargain with the grade inflation and assorted chicanery that students and the parents are pulling to distort GPAs these days. Of course, nobody like you can explain how your kid's GPA was achievable with their "bad test taking" handicap, but I guess that will have to remain one of life's little mysteries.[/quote]

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