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Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by kcatskcolbdi on Friday July 23, 2021 @04:33PM (#27935305)
You......ask what people got on the SATs in your job interview?
Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by sokoloff on Friday July 23, 2021 @04:43PM (#27935401)
One place I worked at did, by policy (D. E. Shaw & Co.).

It was also the place with the densest collection of high-achieving, highly intelligent colleagues that I’ve ever experienced.

Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by rejectedandsad on Friday July 23, 2021 @04:48PM (#27935461)
DE Shaw rejected me after I submitted my SATs (not once, but twice).

What even is the point of living if society deems people like me to be inherently inferior for life?

Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by sokoloff on Friday July 23, 2021 @04:58PM (#27935555)
Almost no place has this (fairly pointless IMO) policy in place. How predictive is the SAT test I took when I was 16 to my performance on the job a decade later?
Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by netr0ute on Friday July 23, 2021 @05:42PM (#27935949)
You can actually take the SAT at any age, so I'd say there's no reason to not try and get a high score.
Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by briefcomment on Friday July 23, 2021 @06:15PM (#27936234)
+1
Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by rejectedandsad on Friday July 23, 2021 @05:06PM (#27935638)
You went to MIT so fairly predictive I think, as you just said it was the densest region of talent you’ve ever seen.

If you saw my resume you’d understand how hopeless it is for people like me. It’s depressing.

Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by iammisc on Friday July 23, 2021 @04:38PM (#27935348)
For my first jobs out of college, I listed my SAT scores.

EDIT: Don't understand the downvotes. I went to a top liberal arts college and they told us to, if it was over a certain number. It worked broadly speaking.

Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by TigeriusKirk on Friday July 23, 2021 @05:06PM (#27935641)
I did too. It specifically came up in interviews as a reason they brought me in.
Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by mcguire on Friday July 23, 2021 @04:52PM (#27935503)
Well, it is basically an IQ test.
Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by tomjakubowski on Friday July 23, 2021 @05:19PM (#27935774)
In other words, an SAT score is most meaningful at the low end of the range?
Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT? by munchbunny on Friday July 23, 2021 @05:43PM (#27935955)
Google used to ask college candidates (I was asked). I don't know if they still do.