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Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by sokoloff on Friday May 17, 2019 @07:27AM (#19938475)
The best music school here is the one that they wish to attend. They (and those who advise them) are in a far better position to evaluate the variety of factors that influence that decision than I am, as someone whose only musical instrument ability is a CD player or iPod.

Some music savants want to attend a music school that the composer or musician they most admire attended, others the one that is closest to home.

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Re:SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships by XMPPwocky on Monday May 20, 2019 @06:05PM (#19965770)
Iiiinteresting. Seriously.

I don't understand why one would want a talented student to get preferential admission to a school because, for example, he liked the design of the campus. I only get the argument that a talented student should get admitted to a school that'll best develop those talents. The link between "you're talented" and "...so you should get to go to any school you want!" is one I don't get.

Why doesn't that lead to absurdities like a school which specifically excels at teaching "low-talent" students, churning out competent (if unexceptional) composers, still admitting talented students preferentially?

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