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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread has devolved but much of the commentary now is about why test scores should be required for college admission.  I respectfully do not think they should be.  There is lots of research that shows SAT / ACT are biased to benefit Asians / Whites, and there are many reasons why URM do patently worse as a whole.

Lastly, most developed countries outside of the US don’t have admission exams.  They use grades, coursework, and extra curriculars to decide who gets in.  This inherently biased system of admissions exams using tests is a US thing, and it is geared to benefit those with means.  Even the ones fighting the use of race based preference are the same ones using their means to gain an edge.  It’s actually sickening. [/quote]

SAT is biased in favor of Asians and whites because they tend to do
better? As opposed to measuring something that gives one piece of objective data? How about GPA? Asians and whites have better GPAs as well on average. So GPAs are biased too by your logic. I guess we should scrap that too, and just have a lottery to see who should go to Berkeley or MIT. More tickets will
be given to those from
certain underrrepresented groups to increase their chances in the lottery.

Also, please name which of “most developed countries” as you state leans on high school extracurriculars instead of exam scores to determine college admissions. It sure as heck is not in Europe or Asia…GCSEs, A levels, college entrance exams, etc etc. [/quote]

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