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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is this the thread where everyone thinks college admissions officers are imbeciles who can't build a class without a data point from a commercial entity they don't control or have influence over?  That without that score they just pick applicants out of a hat and sit around drooling the rest of the time?

To be clear: most colleges appreciate the value of the score data point, but it is not essential for them to build their class and never has been.  Only the undue influence of the USN rankings has over-inflated its impact.

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The SAT hasn’t been required for the past half century or so because of US News.

There is obvious value to a standardized test that everyone takes given extreme differentials between school rigor and grading policies.  Arguing it isn’t helpful is intellectually lazy and not at all compelling.  [/quote]

Being unaware of the extensive research showing that SATs are far more predictive of a kids economic background than future college success is intellectually lazy and not at all compelling.[/quote]

A kid’s economic background is probably also the most predictive factor of success in college.  [b]We[/b] are now considering other factors because [b]we[/b] want a more diverse student mix of students at top schools, not because [b]we [/b]think they will perform better.  [/quote]

Who are the "we"?[/quote]

Society as a whole[/quote]

No, you do not represent me[/quote]

Regardless of your personal opinion, the prevailing point of view is that the opportunity provided by elite universities should be given to a more economically and racially diverse group than in decades past.  Hence the move to a holistic approach.[/quote]

OK, it is from liberal universities. But do not say it is the society.[/quote]

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