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Re:MIT suspending SAT/ACT requirement for next application c... by philipkglass on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @04:00PM (#26716672)
Lab based courses are crucial to the natural sciences. Even an institution as well off as MIT can't afford to buy enough NMR spectrometers for everyone to take their chemistry classes. Simulations and videos are not adequate substitutes for real lab work.
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Re:MIT suspending SAT/ACT requirement for next application c... by rudderz on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @04:35PM (#26717072)
> Simulations and videos are not adequate substitutes for real lab work.

citations needed

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