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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]See Harvard.

Test optional will be much more prevalent.[/quote]

People can slide through Harvard without actually being smart.  That's much more difficult at a school like MIT, or alot of other schools.  I think more schools will be returning to test required.[/quote]

How many times does this have to be explained to you:  standardized admissions tests do not measure intelligence.

And, you need much more than intelligence to do well in college.[/quote]Out salutatorian did "well" in college but flopped the GREs.  She was a horrible test taker, couldn't follow lectures, would interrupt and give wrong info to those being tutored, and switched advisors 9 times in 8 semesters.  She didn't get into grad school at a time grad programs were begging.  She got stuck in a job consulting in a boonie town making about $50K (below everyone else).  She did know who to pick on and would block people from going to class, and call people dumb right before exams.  Also had a very aggressive, strong personality for disputes.  Taking as many of the easiest courses and being able to drop courses is a far worse measure of intelligence.  In subjective departments though, getting "A"s is a great measure of the ability to get married.  Everyone I know with all "A"s gets married easily and surface-ly comes off as put together for adults.  For this reason, I strongly encourage good grades.  For "Smarts", not "Intelligence".  If a task needs intelligence, ALWAYS hire the proven competence/better tester/data-driven/etc candidate.[/quote]

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