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Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by lazyasciiart on Friday May 17, 2019 @12:37AM (#19936325)
And if the savant kid happened to only see a musical instrument for the first time at 10 years old, so that when they took their music entrance exams at 11 years old their performance was very good but not quite at the same level as the other kids who had been learning for 10 years, you would just want to assess all of them on performance at that moment, and choose the kids that had been playing longer because your objective assessment is that they are better musicians.
Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by sokoloff on Friday May 17, 2019 @07:30AM (#19938489)
What if they first touched an instrument at age 25? Well, that person wouldn't get into a top music school at age 18.

It's true that I value demonstrated objective competence rather than subjective predicted future competence.