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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Test prep is very cheap compared to paying for extra-curriculars over many years. So nationally standardized testing is actually not as socio-economically unfair as judging applicants based on what they did outside of school, which is what most colleges do in the US. I can't believe some of you are still parroting the myth that testing is inequitable. Stop it. [/quote] +1 My kids used all the free Khan academy videos and one SAT prep book. One kid got 1580 (one and only test), and the other got 1440 (second try, but they also didn't prep as much as DC#1). MC high achieving kids are the most screwed by TO. They can't afford the expensive, time consuming ECs which require a lot of parental support. Lower income kids don't need to have the same type of package that MC/UMC/wealthy kids do. It's unfair to expect the same level of EC achievement from MC kids compared to wealthy/umc kids.[/quote]
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