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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is this a serious question??

Do you want the leaders of our military to be anything but the brightest and best? [/quote]

They are not the brightest.  
Average SAT only 1300[/quote]

The SATs are not a very accurate test of intelligence.

Beyond the bias issues which have been clearly established and accepted by academia as a real problem, a whole lot of kids who are very bright don’t get the benefit of interventions and test prep that UMC families can provide.

I personally faltered badly taking the SATs because of zero prep opportunities, test anxiety that I had no means of addressing, and the abuse I was suffering in the home that prevented me focusing on the test and academics in general in H.S.

Because of my low SATs I started college at a community college offshoot of the state university where I went on to earn two bachelors degrees with two concentrations and then a masters degree (very high GRE scores) with a TA position, then a LSAT score in the 98th% and acceptance at five top tier law schools and a JD from one of them. I’ve also since tested Mensa qualifying level IQ.

SATs are a really poor measure of best and brightest. There are plenty of duds in this society who once got a great SAT score. [/quote]

I don’t think the SAT is designed or intended to be an IQ test.

And if I had dollar bill for every self reported Mensa level IQ score on DCUM there would be a mountain of money piled up to my chin.[/quote]

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