UC Berkeley inappropriately admitted students as favors to donors

Re:UC Berkeley inappropriately admitted students as favors t... by darkwizard42 on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @07:19AM (#24565607)

I think what the parent comment is saying is that neither the 1550 or 1600 is "outstanding" and the SAT is a flawed exam that doesn't really get you the "genius" level kids

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Re:UC Berkeley inappropriately admitted students as favors t... by jboog on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @08:32AM (#24566216)

And my point is that no test exists which will determine who are the "genius" kids.

There are tens of thousands of adults all over the world who went to Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford etc. that then went on to live completely mediocre middle class lives.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with that but my point is that how you do on a test at 16-17 years old does not make you a "genius", nor does scoring in the 99.999% ensure that a person will achieve academic or career outcomes superior than the person who scored 99.9%

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