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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the sat goes away, kids from unknown high schools won't apply much or get in to better schools. I posted recently on a different thread about my kid with a high gpa and 1320 sat not getting into a good lac. Which I don't think is a bad score at all, but whatever. A poster asked if it was a known rigorous high school or not. But why does that matter??? If two kids have identical sats, the edge should not automatically go to the kid at the more well known high school. [/quote]

An A is not an A by any other name, and it does not smell as sweet.  Sorry.

If anything, a move like this is going to make brand-name high schools even more important.  Or they are just going to start randomly picking names out of a hat.  Who knows.  Admissions is a crap shoot.[/quote]

Name brand high schools are either expensive tuition (private), expensive house (public), or high powered magnet. So this change will make colleges less diverse rather than more diverse. A kid in a cloistered private school who got a 1400 is no smarter than the kid from rural Alabama who got a 1400. [/quote]

If you're a super smart kid from rural Alabama, you'll be able to distinguish yourself in ways other than just getting As. You'll likely be winning math or debate competitions or win your state's history day competition. Or have the science teacher who has taught for 40 years say this is the brightest most incredible student I've ever taught. I wouldn't worry. It'll work [/quote]

The smart kid from rural Alabama always had an advantage, just by virtue of the fact that there are a smaller number of similar kids applying, test or no test. Considering that the Alabama kid probably has less access to tutors and test prep, the absence of a test makes it easier to take those kids, not harder. [/quote]

I disagree.  I'm from Alabama, and pretty much everyone assumes that people from Alabama are stupid.  Admissions officers are probably no exception.  Without a standard way to measure aptitude across the country, I think most admission officers will assume that the A from Opelika is worth less than the A from Sidwell.

The brilliant kid from rural no-where (think Sheldon from Big Bang) will always find a way, but fewer "almost brilliant - but really smart and never had access to opportunity" kids will be admitted. [/quote]

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