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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But how many kids who ultimately get in the 1500s start out around 1350 and then study and tutor up to the 1500s? I'll put my own kids in that bucket. And I know that's the way it is but man the rat race we've created that rewards the kids who can afford those privileges...[/quote]

(shrug) life [i]should [/i]reward people who work hard over a long period of time.[/quote]

Ugh - what is the point of "working hard" to achieve a score though on this test? I'd so much rather kids spend time working hard at a job or in classes or on activities they enjoy. Or just relaxing and not working hard. And it is absolutely a privilege and a luxury to be able to get a kid tutors and classes to boost their scores. That's one of the reasons schools like Bowdoin went test optional in the first place, because these scores are falsely inflated.[/quote]

It's quite the privilege to have an opinion like that. Many families need their kids to go to the best schools they can so that they can guarantee getting the best job they can so that they can lift their families out of poverty or even from a slowly dying middle class existence. Some people don't have the wealth of social welfare networks such as extended family or generational wealth to buttress them. Hopefully their next generation or the one after that can have your laissez-faire attitude.[/quote]

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