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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was thinking of what a merit based system would look like: I've come up with a system where you get points based on your SAT or ACT score and your GPA. Those with the highest combination of the scores (can weight the SAT/ACT higher since there is a lot of grade inflation) would get first pick at any of the top schools and then it goes down the list. No more race to the top for extracurriculars- it would just be mainly studying super hard for the SAT.  The top colleges would likely comprise of mostly high income , coastal elites but you couldn't argue much with this. Any thoughts? What do you think would be the most merit based system?[/quote]

Standardized testing is highly correlated with household income. You're OK with "high income, coastal elites" getting most of the slots, but the majority are not. There are also built-in biases with standardized tests that UMC parents ignore and rampant cheating with "testing accommodations," again by families with money..

Unless there's some weighting/indexing of SAT/ACT scores by zip code, your proposed system won't work.

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Or maybe both test scores and test scores are correlated with intelligence. Seems more likely.[/quote]

First, standardized tests are not IQ tests.

Second, there's no refuting the HHI and test scores correlation. Let's not even get into superscoring results which also benefits families that can pay for multiple tests.

Third, write a coherent sentence.[/quote]

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