College Board drops AP comp sci & latin for racial diversity reasons

Re:College Board drops AP comp sci & latin for racial divers... by attack on Monday April 07, 2008 @09:24PM (#157393)

Well finger length correlates with better SAT scores. I propose that finger length measurement replace SAT testing.

http://www.livescience.com/health/070522_finger_sats.html

Although I myself did well on the SAT's, I too am hesitant to support the use of correlations like these in determining what students, or anyone deserves.

With regard to SATs and academic performance, the first google result:

"Findings indicated a very low correlation between SAT math scores and overall college math grades of six graduating classes at one university"

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetai...

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Re:College Board drops AP comp sci & latin for racial divers... by _h4xr on Tuesday April 08, 2008 @10:13AM (#157857)

Finger length correlates with testosterone production, which correlates with different ratios of mathematical to verbal skills. So it would tell you whether to go to MIT or Yale, but not whether to go to Wash U or Forest Park Community College.

You may enjoy this anecdote, in which someone even more self-righteous about such things makes a fool of herself:

http://isteve.blogspot.com/2007/05/finger-length-and-sat-sco...

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