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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is the assumption the kids with higher adversity scores can’t handle the rigor?

The adversity score isn’t added to the test score. So if two kids have the exact same score and Tommy has an adversity score of 20, and Billy has an adversity score of 80, why are we assuming Billy won’t do well or graduate, but Tommy will?

If anything, I would saw it’s the opposite: Tommy was likely tutored and prepped, coached and piloted by his two UMC family, and will crack once he expected to perform on his own. Billy likely had few of those resources and has been performing on his own for quite some time.[/quote]

[b]That’s not how the score is being measured. The scores are being calibrated relative to SES/demographic class.  So if Tommy comes from a SES/demographic clas where the average SAT is 950 but he scores an 1150 (+200) and Johnny comes from an SES/demographic class  where the average SAT score is 1225 but he scores 1400 (+175), college admissions officers are expected to take the position that Tommy did better despite scoring in the 65th percentile of all test takers and Johnny being in the 93rd percentile. [/quote][/b]

Ok.  My family is the "poor" (relatively speaking) family in an UMC neighborhood.  We are able to afford living here because we bought a foreclosure that is smaller than most of the other houses and in need of repairs.  We did this because we would rather our kids attend better schools than have a nicer house. If the college is basing this on the overall income of kids who attend the same HS as ours, they will be "punished" by receiving a lower adversity score than their more affluent peers who live in the same neighborhood.  All because we chose to prioritize schools over housing!
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