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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow. I assume this is directed at first gen students, but still seems pretty nuts. [/quote]

Honestly that’s not a fair asssumption. Plenty of first gen kids do well in school and also kill it on standardized tests.
And the ones who do wouldn’t need the remedial algebra refresher.

But Harvard and everyone else rode the test optional wave and grabbed that opportunity to pretend that just because you graduated in top five of your high school meant you were ready to soar at Harvard. Standardized tests are basically the only measure  we have to compare the field across the board. If you kill it on the SAT, you’ve aced algebra. Full stop.
If they don’t know how you did on the standardized test, then it’s a crapshoot and they find out only after you’re on campus that you can’t cut it. [/quote]

I will add that my HS class of 24 kid took part of Algebra and Geometry during the pandemic. They had major content gaps. But they studied for SAT and used a tutor and self-study to fill those gaps. If they had decided to just go TO, they would never have filled those gaps. So it’s not just a matter of “less abled” kids who went TO, it’s also that studying for the SAT/ACT itself helps fill those basic math content gaps. [/quote]

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