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Re:Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions... by SeanLuke on Monday March 28, 2022 @07:08PM (#30836707)
If his acceptance to Iowa State as a complete disaster, why would he apply there?

Iowa State is quite a good school. BTW, it's the home of one of the first computers in history, the ABC (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanasoff%E2%80%93Berry_comput...) Surely he'll do well there.

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Re:Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions... by lightup on Monday March 28, 2022 @10:37PM (#30838113)
It's a good school but hard to stomach outstate tuition value prop. The "disaster" is having all your choices arbitrarily removed in spite of everything you did to succeed. Let's agree that's some BS.
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Re:Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions... by naniwaduni on Monday March 28, 2022 @10:37PM (#30838117)
GP catastrophizing (they've had two days!) aside, finaid leverage can matter a lot, in both directions.
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