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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are so many posters suggesting that this is a bad thing for affluent families? It isn’t. It merely levels the playing field. It’s not a zero-sum game. [/quote]

It doesn’t level the playing field, it creates two very different playing fields. And we must not have the same definition definition of zero sum game.

There are apparently acceptable reasons for scoring lower, and unacceptable reasons. It doesn’t change the fact that those with lower scores don’t perform as well. We can spend all day identifying the reasons, but it doesn’t miraculously make a better student.

But hey, this is America. High expectations are a thing of the past.[/quote]

no good college is letting kids in with low scores. They have to choose between Becky from N. Virginia who got a 1600 with all the advantages of middle class life and James from SE DC who got a a 1500 while having to take care of his sister while him mom is on and off booze and had to avoid neighborhood gangs who wanted to recruit him. Who would you want?  I'd want the resilient kid whose did well in the face of adversary and may have interesting perspectives to share with his more affluent peers.  Nobody's getting in with 900s.[/quote]

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