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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm someone who fully believes that some people are born with more privilege or advantages (due to race, sex, SES, etc) than others. Consequently, I also believe there should be policies intended to equalize the playing field. But SAT adversity points scheme is stupid and self-defeating. What's the purpose of the exam if the score is not an accurate reflection of how well the student performed on the exam? The answer should be making free SAT prep available to disadvantaged students not artificially inflating SAT scores.
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Well, the SAT score in and of itself already tells schools what they need to know about the SES level of the student, b/c the scores closely correlate to the wealth and level of education of their parents.

So I guess what these "adversity" scores will do is just highlight if you are the EXCEPTION in that you are a poor kid who scored exceptionally well (in which case you are quite impressive when compared to the same score earned by a wealthy kid whose parents went to college!) OR, conversely, it will highlight if you are a dumbass wealthy kid with highly-educated parents who earned an abysmally low score--in which case, no excuse for you! 
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