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Re:Uchicago drops SAT/ACT requirement by haltingthoughts on Thursday June 14, 2018 @11:14PM (#17317269)
What replaces it that is better? Inflated grades for the privledged? AP classes? Extracurriculars? Very easily biased and noisy interviews or essays?

Test prep accounts for a small portion of test score differences and minorities are more likely to use test prep.

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Re:Uchicago drops SAT/ACT requirement by Latteland on Thursday June 14, 2018 @11:18PM (#17317291)
Depends on what you mean by minorities but prepared minorities do use test prep. Poor black kids at disadvantaged high schools in my experience never did.
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