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Re:University of California Will Stop Using SAT, ACT by Gibbon1 on Thursday May 21, 2020 @08:31PM (#23267382)
I don't have direct experience but I think the whole system in Europe is designed to irrevocably pigeon hole students very early in the game.

If I remember California State Colleges have a bunch of placement tests to gauge what level of classes to put beginning students in. I think I'd be happier with a system that throws a net wide and than deals with the result on an as needed basis. Than a hyper meritocratic system that excludes large segments of society.

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Re:University of California Will Stop Using SAT, ACT by BurningFrog on Thursday May 21, 2020 @09:28PM (#23267782)
> the whole system in Europe

Pet peeve: There is no European system. At least every country has their own unique system.

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Re:University of California Will Stop Using SAT, ACT by Gibbon1 on Thursday May 21, 2020 @11:18PM (#23268355)
So whats your point here?
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Re:University of California Will Stop Using SAT, ACT by njonesuk on Friday May 22, 2020 @06:20AM (#23270470)
That your statement about "the whole European system" is factually incorrect, because every single country takes their own approach, and there are huge variations between them.

Trying to tar the whole of Europe with one brush would be like Europeans conflating the US education system with Paraguay and Ecuador because it's the "whole American system".

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Re:University of California Will Stop Using SAT, ACT by Gibbon1 on Friday May 22, 2020 @03:43PM (#23276076)
So whats your point here?
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