Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles

Re:Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions... by Zanneth on Monday March 28, 2022 @08:31PM (#30837283)

In the U.S. public schools offer students all kinds of extracurricular activities that cost the families either very little or nothing at all. I attended a low- to middle-income public elementary and middle school where I was able to practice violin for several years, and it didn't cost my family anything.

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Re:Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions... by scgtrp on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @02:35AM (#30839518)

Costs aren't always direct "pay this much to participate in this thing" costs.

Having to arrange separate transportation home because you stayed after school past when the buses leave is also a cost.

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Re:Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions... by rayiner on Monday March 28, 2022 @08:44PM (#30837379)

None of those will stand out on a college application.

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Re:Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions... by mitchdoogle on Monday March 28, 2022 @10:08PM (#30837939)

One thing that might stand out is a complete lack of interest in doing anything besides studying. It seems like it may be a sign of low social intelligence

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Re:Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions... by sg47 on Monday March 28, 2022 @10:41PM (#30838135)

Why is that necessary to get educated?

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Re:Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions... by anchochilis on Monday March 28, 2022 @11:07PM (#30838288)

It's not.

But elite schools select for (1) students who will enrich the experience for their classmates and (2) who are likely to have an outsized impact on the world as adults and bring prestige to the institution.

There are some people who are so quantitatively intelligent that a lack of social skills/intelligence doesn't matter (geniuses), but these people are so exceptional they can't be really measured by a test like the SAT. It's too easy to get a perfect score.

Instead they'll distinguish themselves by excelling at STEM competitions (eg. Math Olympiad, programming contests, the Putnam).

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Re:Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions... by lupire on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @12:03AM (#30838639)

Putnam is a collegiate event, on which most students in the math department of elite colleges (except MIT) score approximately 0.

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