SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships

Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by BooneJS on Thursday May 16, 2019 @05:17PM (#19933352)

There’s tales of Bay Area families renting and moving their HS juniors and seniors to the Central Valley where UC accepts a higher percentage from.

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Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by neilv on Thursday May 16, 2019 @05:52PM (#19933743)

I was talking to someone who's been involved in elite university admissions, and gaming for the city/neighborhood/HS has been a known tactic for a while.

There's a related tactic for people in affluent suburbs, for getting their child into urban school districts with an especially well-regarded primary public school: buy a house or condo in the city, and try to make it look on your application like that's your primary residence.

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Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by chatmasta on Thursday May 16, 2019 @06:12PM (#19933949)

At that point why not just send your kids to a private school?

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Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by aidenn0 on Thursday May 16, 2019 @07:58PM (#19934716)

Depending on where you live, the break-even point of doing this versus a private school can be under 2 kids (and is usually under 3 kids), so you save quite a bit of money.

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Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by neilv on Thursday May 16, 2019 @06:19PM (#19933998)

Many do, but some public schools are very well-regarded by parents, such as: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Latin_School

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Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by sokoloff on Thursday May 16, 2019 @10:51PM (#19935798)

Money. Private schools can be $40K or more (after taxes) per child per year. You can get a lot of real estate for that money instead in a lot of markets.

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