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Re:The Newest College Admissions Ploy: Paying to Make Your T... by dangwhy on Friday June 02, 2023 @11:12AM (#36166238)
> the SAT favors rich applicants who can afford to pay for (and spend time on) test prep.

Its not just rich, it favors boys across all economic classes. I think one of the ideas was that de-prioritizing SAT/ACT will get more women into stem.

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Re:The Newest College Admissions Ploy: Paying to Make Your T... by sgerenser on Friday June 02, 2023 @08:25PM (#36172490)
Women already represent almost 60% of incoming freshmen[1]. Do we really need to further discourage boys from going to college?

[1] https://feed.georgetown.edu/access-affordability/women-incre...

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