Re:Amazon Asking Cities for Their High Schoolers' SAT Scores
by lotsofpulp on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @12:41PM
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Top tier schools are a proxy for people who score high on SATs, and/or have wealthy networks that can get them in. Many of the companies that pay the most only recruit at specific schools for this very reason, the high hurdles of getting into the school itself give them candidates that have higher chances of being successful hires.
SAT is not a good indicator of success for a specific individual, but when sifting through thousands of people, it seemingly is a useful metric.
Jokes aside, SAT score is not a good indicator of "success" in terms of salary at least in my personal circle. Some of my friends who got perfect scores on their SATs are all at sub-standard jobs, getting paid significantly less than the average salary. Of course, this is purely based on personal anecdote but attending top-tier schools seem to have a stronger correlation.