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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is so weird to me how obsessed some of you are with test scores as the end all and be all—and I say this as someone with a kid who got at 36 on the ACT in their first and only try.

I don’t think this entitles my kid to admission over kids with lower or no test scores. I think TO is great. I am glad 95% of schools are still TO.

Some of you need to off X and get outside. Good lord.[/quote]
I agree. I think it’s the parents of high scorers who can’t believe a student can show intelligence/ talent/ potential/ ambition/ drive in another way. Test blind has worked out just fine for California schools [/quote]

Which is why the Caltech professors basically had a mutiny after only two years test blind to go back to test required and UCSD has had to start offering basic algebra classes?  I hate to see your definition of not going well.[/quote]
UCSD is a California education problem. 40% of students who placed in the “basic algebra class” took AP calculus.[/quote]
No, it’s an admissions problem. Most kids who take AP Calculus learn AP Calculus. The majority of UCSD freshmen place into calculus, or beyond, when they arrive at UCSD. It’s in the same report. The problem is that without the SAT, admissions can’t tell which are which. [/quote]

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