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Re:Colorado becomes first state to ban legacy college admiss... by mechagodzilla on Thursday May 27, 2021 @04:48PM (#27308322)
This is one of the reasons people with more resources do much better on these tests - getting test-specific tutoring, taking prep classes, etc. will significantly raise most people's scores. The tests are much closer to measuring "How good are you at taking the SAT/ACT?" than some kind of unbiased "How brilliant are you?" measurement.
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Re:Colorado becomes first state to ban legacy college admiss... by whoooooo123 on Thursday May 27, 2021 @05:07PM (#27308563)
As opposed to all those other academic tests where resources and preparation make no difference?
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Re:Colorado becomes first state to ban legacy college admiss... by JoeAltmaier on Thursday May 27, 2021 @05:11PM (#27308605)
Once you are in school, perhaps with a scholarship, you have many more resources and time to prepare, to compete with classmates. That's the point - just getting into the school is filtering out students, even those that demonstrate achievement and commitment in other ways (i.e. grades).
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