Re:University of California Will Stop Using SAT, ACT
by kansface on Thursday May 21, 2020 @06:47PM
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What are the odds that the UC system will make a harder test, and secondly, will actually get good applicants to take it?
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Re:University of California Will Stop Using SAT, ACT
by saagarjha on Thursday May 21, 2020 @06:49PM
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Whatever test the UC system comes up with will be taken by a huge fraction of college applicants, especially the good ones.
Re:University of California Will Stop Using SAT, ACT
by blululu on Thursday May 21, 2020 @07:22PM
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You have to appreciate how big California is (>People than Canada, and any other US state). The UC system is actually the reason that the writing section was added to the SAT (the SAT II writing test used to be mandatory for UC admission). Everyone in my high school (public HS in CA) with even a chance at college admission applied to the UC system. Once you have that process in place it is easy to imagine other state universities copying the test.
Re:University of California Will Stop Using SAT, ACT
by jedberg on Thursday May 21, 2020 @07:18PM
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CA is 10% of the US population. Also, UCLA and Berkeley are huge international schools (and have students from all 50 states).
A lot of people will take that test for sure. And if it turns out to be a good indicator, other states would probably accept the scores too.
Then California makes it free for CA residents and makes test prep part of the HS curriculum and you're on your way to solving a few systemic problems at once!