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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Average SAT scores:

Banneker

Math: 480
Verbal: 500
Total: 980

SWW:

Math: 630
Verbal: 650
Total: 1280

Wilson:

Math: 580
Verbal: 590
Total: 1170[/quote]

I will say it again: SAT SCORES CORRELATE TO FAMILY SES. Banneker is a Title 1 school.

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/markkantrowitz/2021/05/21/how-admissions-tests-discriminate-against-low-income-and-minority-student-admissions-at-selective-colleges/
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Correct! Families that can pay for tutoring will always have an advantage in regard to standardized testing. A lot of schools are considering making the testing optional. The results don't indicate how well a student will do college. [/quote]
Give us a break.  It's no secret that ANY diligent high school student with Internet access at home, school or a public library has been able to get great free tutoring via Khan Academy videos in the last several years.  Khan even has a contract with the College Board/SAT organization to provide the tutoring.

Yes, some colleges have made the SAT optional, particularly in the last 18 months when the pandemic rendered in-person testing impossible in many locales.  The SAT just isn't a very difficult test for students who read a lot for both school and pleasure, and work hard in algebra and geometry classes, to ace, including low-income students.  The math tested in essentially 7th-9th grade math for the college-bound, no great mountain to climb.  Deeply unimpressed with Banneker's average SAT scores given that admissions to the program is supposedly highly selective.

PS. I went to Title 1 schools then a NYC magnet HS, parents spoke English poorly and worked unstable blue collar jobs.  I scored 700s, no tutoring. [/quote]

If you think free tutoring from Khan equates to $125/hr personal tutoring,  I have some swamp land I need to unload. Clearly you don't know how the game is played.  [/quote]

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