Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles

Re:Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions... by azinman2 on Monday March 28, 2022 @05:46PM (#30836024)

Sounds like you’re effectively saying there wasn’t grade inflation. You were an A student elsewhere and then become a B/C student at MIT despite working hard. That’s my point — now imagine you were only an A student because you were rich and somehow swindled those good grades in high school. Imagine what would happen at MIT.

Note that Harvard undergrad has something like an A- average. That’s grade inflation.

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Re:Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions... by KMag on Monday March 28, 2022 @06:02PM (#30836169)

I certainly agree with your broader point: nobody is handed a degree from MIT. If they have a degree, they've put in the work and have a good grasp of the subject matter. (Also, MIT doesn't give out honorary degrees.)

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