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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The ability to take tests well pretty much tells you that you are able to take tests well.  At Mensa meetings, most of the members are great test takers.  You will meet scientists there, but you will also meet cab drivers, bar bouncers etc. who are bright, but who don't have the drive, ambition,  or social skills to function in jobs that would challenge.

I've been an Ivy League alumni interviewer in this area for a while.  My former college doesn't admit kids by just lining up the kids with the highest test scores, because we are looking for students and alumni who actually get up and do stuff.   That's why Ivy League schools use holistic admissions, while state universities often rely on grades and test scores more heavily.  [/quote]

I don't get your point.  I'm sure test scores are very important to Ivy league schools, too.  Of course the application package has other things, and they look at other things, too, but check the avearge SAT scores of those schools.  I'm sure they think it's important.  By the way they also take students for their parents and donations.  Well they are private schools and they can do whatever they want to do.[/quote]

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