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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Test scores alone are not highly indicative of a successful future college student.  It makes no sense to force a college to admit students based on this criteria.  I don’t know why we put so much weight upon them.  All they really do is generically show relative strengths and weaknesses among high schools.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/02/19/study-finds-little-difference-academic-success-students-who-do-and-dont-submit-sat#:~:text=The%20study%20confirms%20that%20high,who%20will%20succeed%20in%20college.%22[/quote]

I keep seeing this claim made but there are decades of research studies on this topic and many show that SAT scores are a very strong predictor of not only college grades but future career success as well. [/quote]

I think high SAT scores are a predictor of future career success, but not necessarily college grades.[/quote]

Both thought processes are wrong.  GPA is a better predictor, and studies show that.  Career success has to do with drive, determination, motivation.  Someone who gets upset they cannot win the lottery and cannot pivot and focus on the next level of schools (25-60ish) as great choices filled with smart people does not fit the definition of "success".  Someone who feels they are entitled to elite university admissions when it's a lottery is not an indicator of future success. [/quote]

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