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Re:Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions... by yes_really on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @12:25AM (#30838754)
> Some of the least interesting students are "box checkers" who have a bunch of disconnected extra-curriculars that don't show passion, direction, or a proclivity towards success. If a student defines "success" as "getting into college," then what will they do once they get there? Probably flounder.

Yet if a student defines "success" as "playing a musical instrument really well" you'll think that he is well-rounded and deserves to get admitted.

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Re:Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions... by csa on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @01:17AM (#30839027)
> Yet if a student defines "success" as "playing a musical instrument really well" you'll think that he is well-rounded and deserves to get admitted.

East Asian female at my high school.

- 1st chair violin in the city youth orchestra

- perfect grades

- very high SAT scores

- no sports

- took or tested out of all of the classes in our high school except advanced and AP German… in three years

- admitted into MIT after her junior year

- IIRC, she had some volunteer activities in a science research lab, but nothing significant like being an author on a research paper.

She seemed to be well-rounded enough.

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