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Re:Harvard University Won’t Require SAT, ACT for Admissions ... by mattmcknight on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @11:01AM (#23539922)
>Test scores don’t prove much except who had the resources, time, and motivation to study the most.

Aren't colleges looking for people who will study the most? Who have the motivation and the ability for the motivation to translate into results?

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Re:Harvard University Won’t Require SAT, ACT for Admissions ... by Spivak on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @12:33PM (#23541086)
Yes! That’s pretty much the point. The ACT and SAT are really good at finding some of those people but there’s a lot a lot a lot of type two errors. Letting people demonstrate their motivation in other ways and not immediately disqualifying them based on test scores goes a long way.
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