Harvard won’t require SAT or ACT through 2026 as test-optional push grows

Re:Harvard won’t require SAT or ACT through 2026 as test-opt... by freewilly1040 on Friday December 17, 2021 @11:07PM (#29601536)

Elite college entrance is a lifelong shortcut in the distribution system of money and power that the rest of us do not get to opt out of.

The things you say about racial injustice are true, however if correcting this were truly the goal Harvard and the other ivies would remove legacy admission preference. They won’t because their core mission is to provide a route for the wealthy and powerful to pass down social status to their heirs.

The function of anyone else there is to obscure this core mission.

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Re:Harvard won’t require SAT or ACT through 2026 as test-opt... by unclebucknasty on Saturday December 18, 2021 @11:27AM (#29605724)

>Elite college entrance is a lifelong shortcut in the distribution system of money and power

I'd say it's more a projection of that system. If you eliminated elite colleges entirely, the system wouldn't simply vanish.

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