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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with more focus on standardized tests, but combined with adjustment for background. We're not rich or especially connected, but still among my kids parents and grandparents, we have 7 grad degrees and 3 Ivy degrees. [b]If they had an 1500+ SAT score, that is way less impressive than a 1300[/b] from a child of high school dropouts. And grades matter, but that 1300 kid might be at a school where straight As just mean you can read and write and show up to class, so admissions officers can't get much information from grades alone.[/quote] The interesting thing about this is that the research shows that SAT scores predict college performance pretty much independently of background. I.e. a poor kid with a 1300 performs on average the same as a rich kid that got a 1300.[/quote]
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