Reply to Steps to fix the race to 3% admission rate

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Steps to fix the race to 3% admission rate"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No more test optional. No more super scoring. Early restricted to one school only. [/quote]

No, we need to keep test optional. That’s the only positive development of the last few years. It levels the playing field dramatically and that’s a great thing. [/quote]

How does it level the playing field dramatically?[/quote]

Because many are simply not good at testing.  SAT/ACT benefits kids from higher income homes.  Those that can afford it do great test prep---$1000 and 8-12 hours of work can easily get a kid from a 1350 to a 1550.

Many smart kids with learning issues (ADHD/anxiety/depression/dyslexia) simply suck at test taking.  My ADHD kid did 40+ hours of test prep.  And got the same essential DAMN score every time they took a practice test or real test.  Half way thru tried switching tests, and did slightly better on the ACT but once again their first practice ACT was where their score stayed.  No amount of test prep was going to change that.

Now, that kid has graduated from a T100 school with a good GPA, great job at an excellent company, just got first year raise and got the highest amount (the kids talk---using over 20 data points, they have the highest raise of everyone in that group).  Successful kid who will excel in life but not so much with testing, testing, testing.   [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics