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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The entire reason standardized testing exists was to find diamonds in the rough. The test was supposed to be taken cold, one time, to find high IQ kids whose parents didn’t pay for extracurriculars, who had to work after school, who didn’t take AP classes because they weren’t offered at their school, whose parents weren’t helping with the college app process. Now with test prep, endless retakes, test optional and re-norming the tests have been rendered completely meaningless. 
The process for applying to college used to be a lot harder and weeded out lazy or dumb kids. In 2003 I had to make the phone calls to schedule my SAT and mail in a check. I had to mail in all my printed out essays and applications. I had to do phone interviews with AOs. I got no help with any of this. No one read or edited my essays. No one took me to SAT prep class. None of my friends did that either and we were in a pretty wealthy area. [/quote]
Today’s SAT is so watered down that it doesn’t differentiate intelligence even if you don’t prep at all. It’s like trying to differentiate math skills by asking what’s 1+1. And this watering down is done deliberately to curb the population of certain demographics.[/quote]

This is today's nominee for the 'Stupidest thing I saw on DCUM award'. It is a high bar but your ignorant ass made the leap.[/quote]
Congrats on winning the ‘Most Evil Soul on Planet Earth’ award.[/quote]

[b]Really? [/b]My response to your backhanded racism is 'evil'. You've got issues mom.[/quote]
Yes. Pointing out the racist intention of watering down objective metrics is racism? This is exactly why you’re evil. 
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There was no racist intent....your racism is what is evil. [/quote]

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