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[quote=Anonymous][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]

I actually agree that it's not a great indicator of success in college. I am an incredible test taker -- national merit scholar finalist (which means top 1 percent in sat/psat), 99th percentile IQ, ACT, GRE,etc -- and I had TERRIBLE grades in college. I ended being sort of successful but have a very unusual path.

GPA is a much better indicator of how well someone will do in college.[/quote]

You must have failed statistics too.[/quote]

I got poor grades not from lack of understanding but because I was having too much fun having sex. I did discover  a major I became obsessed with late in college and did well in that, and learned how to work hard later in my twenties and now I'm doing just fine!

This is totally tangential, though I will say I don't think SAT is the foolproof indicator some hope. DC is full of very successful people who had middling SAT scores.[/quote]

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