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Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by cardine on Thursday May 16, 2019 @07:06PM (#19934366)
The student is not making the sacrifice, the parent is. The student has the privilege of benefiting from their parents' sacrifices.
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Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by Bendingo on Friday May 17, 2019 @02:27AM (#19936804)
> The student has the privilege of benefiting from their parents' sacrifices

And that sacrifice will be for nought, due to adversity scoring.

This is a very bad idea.

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Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by cardine on Friday May 17, 2019 @11:19AM (#19940410)
How would the sacrifice be for naught? The kid is presumably smarter and harder working and better prepared for success no matter what college they go to.

But for college admissions, I don't think it is unreasonable to judge a kid for how well they did relative to the advantages they were given.

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