Re:Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions...
by AtlasBarfed on Monday March 28, 2022 @03:15PM
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My experience with "10 Sample SATs" which was my only prep was about 500 points of improvement. IIRC I was about a 1050-1100 on my first, and my best V/M combo was 1450 (back in early 90s, so pre-recentering). I actually did about 1380, I had a so-so actual one.
It probably is the best bang for the buck, if you're already 1-2 standard deviations on general intelligence. Because the test is a game like admissions is a game, so if you're smart enough to see the game, it's easier and most effective to practice with that.
For the "normals", I have no idea if it will work. But we're specifically discussing MIT, who do NOT want normals, I'm not good enough. They want 2-3 standard deviations people.
MIT should be able to weight for socioeconomic and location/environment given the amount of information required for financial aid and "the internet".
If this becomes ubiquitous, I can see suburbanites getting ghetto apartments for the address to game the weights :-)
It probably is the best bang for the buck, if you're already 1-2 standard deviations on general intelligence. Because the test is a game like admissions is a game, so if you're smart enough to see the game, it's easier and most effective to practice with that.
For the "normals", I have no idea if it will work. But we're specifically discussing MIT, who do NOT want normals, I'm not good enough. They want 2-3 standard deviations people.
MIT should be able to weight for socioeconomic and location/environment given the amount of information required for financial aid and "the internet".
If this becomes ubiquitous, I can see suburbanites getting ghetto apartments for the address to game the weights :-)