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Re:MIT to no longer consider SAT subject tests in admissions... by NeverFade on Friday March 20, 2020 @01:55PM (#22639687)
Agree completely. SAT isn't perfect or perfectly objective. No test is. As long as a test controls admission to a highly desirable school, there will be exorbitantly expensive courses for it.

However, it is a far more objective test than the rest of the admission packet, and it's being dropped with no alternative.

This will make admissions less fair, precisely because SAT is still a test that you can ace with discipline and hard work without much monetary investment, and it will be replaced by other criteria that actually requires more capital.

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Re:MIT to no longer consider SAT subject tests in admissions... by dwaltrip on Friday March 20, 2020 @01:57PM (#22639705)
To clarify, this announcement is only about the SAT subject tests.
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Re:MIT to no longer consider SAT subject tests in admissions... by NeverFade on Friday March 20, 2020 @01:59PM (#22639729)
For now.
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Re:MIT to no longer consider SAT subject tests in admissions... by brewdad on Friday March 20, 2020 @05:27PM (#22641823)
Given that there may be no SAT or ACT tests administered from March until ????, how will colleges deal with the class of 2021?
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Re:MIT to no longer consider SAT subject tests in admissions... by commandlinefan on Friday March 20, 2020 @02:41PM (#22640283)
> SAT isn't perfect or perfectly objective

But it is the closest thing anybody's ever come up with.

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Re:MIT to no longer consider SAT subject tests in admissions... by MiroF on Friday March 20, 2020 @02:00PM (#22639734)
Agreed. In my opinion, the best way to make admissions more fair is not to eliminate the SAT but to eliminate score choice.
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Re:MIT to no longer consider SAT subject tests in admissions... by pge on Friday March 20, 2020 @02:34PM (#22640188)
And eliminate legacy preference and ability for sports coaches to influence admissions.
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Re:MIT to no longer consider SAT subject tests in admissions... by WalterBright on Friday March 20, 2020 @03:35PM (#22640807)
I was rejected by MIT even though my father attended. I don't think MIT does legacy admissions, or sports admissions.
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Re:MIT to no longer consider SAT subject tests in admissions... by pge on Friday March 20, 2020 @05:05PM (#22641657)
Didn’t mean that comment to be about MIT (who may not do legacy preference and certainly isnt lowering academic standards to win ncaa championships). But those are both factors at other top schools including the Ivies and Stanford
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Re:MIT to no longer consider SAT subject tests in admissions... by NikolaeVarius on Friday March 20, 2020 @04:08PM (#22641145)
legacy preference just gives you a +1, not guaranteed.
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Re:MIT to no longer consider SAT subject tests in admissions... by WalterBright on Friday March 20, 2020 @11:32PM (#22644163)
I applied to 10 ivy league universities, and was accepted by 3. It's reasonable to suppose that if MIT gave a +1 for legacy admits, I would have gotten the nod.
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Re:MIT to no longer consider SAT subject tests in admissions... by MiroF on Saturday March 21, 2020 @11:02AM (#22646946)
that is not a reasonable assumption at all - it's a dice roll regardless. admission at one good school doesn't guarantee admission at another, even if you have legacy.

(and is also highly dependent on which Ivies we're talking about - not all Ivies are HYP, which are more on par with MIT)

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Re:MIT to no longer consider SAT subject tests in admissions... by WalterBright on Saturday March 21, 2020 @04:12PM (#22649607)
> that is not a reasonable assumption at all - it's a dice roll regardless. admission at one good school doesn't guarantee admission at another

Saying "reasonable assumption" is not at all saying "guaranteed". Please stick to discussing ideas and not deliberately misinterpreting plain language.

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