Students suing elite U.S. colleges seek 'wealth favoritism' information

Re:Students suing elite U.S. colleges seek 'wealth favoritis... by l33t233372 on Saturday February 11, 2023 @06:26PM (#34757545)

> This suggests to me that the SAT isn’t hard enough then

That’s tricky. In a massive country with many incredible students, it seems to me that it’s going to be possible for the top .1% of students to do as well as is possible on any reasonable exam.

Do you disagree?

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Re:Students suing elite U.S. colleges seek 'wealth favoritis... by fallingknife on Saturday February 11, 2023 @09:07PM (#34758817)

Then you have tiered exams. e.g. if you score >1500 on the SAT, you can take the harder SAT-2 which would be used for admissions to top schools.

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Re:Students suing elite U.S. colleges seek 'wealth favoritis... by juve1996 on Saturday February 11, 2023 @09:27PM (#34758963)

Diminishing returns, really. As you continually test the margins will get smaller and smaller and the outcomes won't change much. Someone scoring >1500 on the SAT will likely just as well graduate from ivy league as someone who scored 1550.

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Re:Students suing elite U.S. colleges seek 'wealth favoritis... by fallingknife on Saturday February 11, 2023 @09:38PM (#34759058)

Someone with a 1300 would do fine. But only because thy aren't as difficult as top schools should be because, as we see from their admissions policies, they are status and credentialing gatekeepers to elite status, not really top educational institutions.

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Re:Students suing elite U.S. colleges seek 'wealth favoritis... by juve1996 on Sunday February 12, 2023 @10:22AM (#34763463)

Right - so does it really matter?

If wealth is the ultimate playground for everything (capitalism?), then obviously the elite institutions are playing the right game.

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