Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles

Re:Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions... by RC_ITR on Monday March 28, 2022 @08:51PM (#30837427)

>The notion of a “well rounded student” who does music, art, and extra curricular activities, is a legacy of blue blood WASP culture

Kind of wild to erase centuries of cultural heritage by implying that teaching academics with art is a uniquely Anglo-Saxan ideal.

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Re:Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions... by Dylan16807 on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @02:18AM (#30839419)

Kind of wild for you to replace "WASP" with "Anglo-Saxon" and toss in the word "uniquely".

WASP is a tiny subset, and that subset has a very specific history with that concept that's coming into play here.

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Re:Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions... by RC_ITR on Friday April 08, 2022 @01:30PM (#30960068)

Wait wait wait. What do you think the A and the S in WASP stand for?

Sorry it felt uncouth to add the race and religion letters...

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Re:Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions... by pishpash on Monday March 28, 2022 @09:01PM (#30837483)

It's not. Being well rounded is the ideal of the nobility in practically every settled culture, ancient or modern. It's the definition of "cultured". Having said that, it is a class marker, so participants of the dominant culture have a leg up.

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Re:Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions... by ipaddr on Monday March 28, 2022 @10:40PM (#30838131)

It is what a renaissance man aspires to which has roots in other western countries.

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Re:Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions... by aj7 on Monday March 28, 2022 @11:25PM (#30838411)

Exactly. Nobody really successful is well-rounded. Who TF has time? Well-roundedness is great when you’re spending money earned by others.

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