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Re:MIT to no longer consider SAT subject tests in admissions... by pbhjpbhj on Friday March 20, 2020 @04:53PM (#22641548)
>coming from a more advantageous social-economic background grants you so many benefits in many ways //

It's not all benefit: you can be taught to be lazy, not to be self-reliant, you can lack tenacity and resilience, you can have perverse expectations and a sheltered view of the World. Such things can turn out to be a hindrance to self-fulfillment.

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Re:MIT to no longer consider SAT subject tests in admissions... by hangonhn on Friday March 20, 2020 @05:34PM (#22641891)
Yeah that's a fair point for sure and I've seen examples of those too. However, even then some well resourced parents will still clear a path for these children to get into selective schools as the recent college admissions scandals revealed.
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