Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships
by gnicholas on Thursday May 16, 2019 @10:06PM
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I recently heard of a high earning family that bought a rental/investment property in EPA, then when their kid got into the Tinsley program (school busing from EPA to Palo Alto/Menlo/Portola/Woodside) they decided to move there full time. Their kid now goes to a fancy school and they live in a development in EPA near Facebook HQ. So to all the naysayers, people are already doing crazy stuff like this to help their kids.
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Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships
by savrajsingh on Thursday May 16, 2019 @10:25PM
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Perhaps a side benefit of this crazy score is forced gentrification of all areas until their score falls to 50 /s
Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships
by gnicholas on Thursday May 16, 2019 @11:04PM
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Or it will just drive up rents in low-income areas, as wealthy parents rent (but do not live in) apartments in order to game this system.
Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships
by lazyasciiart on Friday May 17, 2019 @12:58AM
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School zoning is a pretty insanely high-stakes thing, and other parents will absolutely rat them out and provide evidence. Parents have been jailed for using an address they don't live at - https://abcnews.go.com/US/ohio-mom-jailed-sending-kids-schoo...
Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships
by gnicholas on Friday May 17, 2019 @03:22AM
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Sure, that's when you're publicly defrauding a school, and other parents know that you don't really live there. It would be much easier to game this system since you are only reporting your address to the College Board, and no other students/parents would have reason to know that you're not reporting valid information.