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Re:Flawed Algorithms Are Grading Millions of Students’ Essays by saagarjha on Thursday August 29, 2019 @07:48PM (#20834775)
> If it is cost-prohibitive for every essay to be graded by humans, then they should be dropped from the tests.

Apparently it is. But everyone still wants writing to be assessed…

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Re:Flawed Algorithms Are Grading Millions of Students’ Essays by risubramanian on Thursday August 29, 2019 @07:56PM (#20834800)
The SAT dropped the writing section a few years ago, and many schools don't care about the GRE writing score.
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Re:Flawed Algorithms Are Grading Millions of Students’ Essays by hnburnsy on Thursday August 29, 2019 @08:24PM (#20834931)
They did drop the writing but replaced it with an optional essay. Most upper tier schools require applicants to take the essay.
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Re:Flawed Algorithms Are Grading Millions of Students’ Essays by ta8347 on Thursday August 29, 2019 @08:35PM (#20834997)
Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Caltech, Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth and many other schools do NOT require applicants to take the SAT essay.
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Re:Flawed Algorithms Are Grading Millions of Students’ Essays by lonelappde on Thursday August 29, 2019 @09:53PM (#20835353)
Because they prefer an essay you can buy from a college applications consultant.
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Re:Flawed Algorithms Are Grading Millions of Students’ Essays by saagarjha on Friday August 30, 2019 @01:11AM (#20836099)
Do you know anyone who has gotten in without taking the SAT essay?
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Re:Flawed Algorithms Are Grading Millions of Students’ Essays by hanniabu on Friday August 30, 2019 @12:25AM (#20835969)
Finally, but then none of these new test takers will know what it feels like to get near perfect scores on the other sections of the test but then completely bomb the written portion and ruin your overall score.
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