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Re:MIT to no longer consider SAT subject tests in admissions... by Spivak on Friday March 20, 2020 @01:29PM (#22639462)
Right! I don't understand why people in this thread are apparently mad rich families for this? Like a family with means is doing all the things to raise a socialized, well rounded, experienced, well-read and tutored, worldly person. Like god damn I can't think of a better use for the money as a parent.

I get that college admissions is a contest and performative but hot damn this thread is full of people mad at other people's happiness.

Re:MIT to no longer consider SAT subject tests in admissions... by int_19h on Friday March 20, 2020 @07:39PM (#22642863)
People are mad, because that happiness comes at their expense. Not because rich people prep their kids per se, but because society is a zero-sum game in many ways, and the end result is a de facto caste system. People are often willing to endure unfair hardships, if their children get a better chance. But if they know that not even their great-grandchildren are likely to be significantly better off, the focus shifts back to here and now.
Re:MIT to no longer consider SAT subject tests in admissions... by Dylan16807 on Saturday March 21, 2020 @03:14AM (#22645121)
> socialized, well rounded, experienced, well-read and tutored, worldly person

Test prep doesn't help with any of that.