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A comment on Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh end use of legacy status in admissions. Parent comment

Re:Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh end use of lega... by tekla on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @01:54PM (#36790477)
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Re:Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh end use of lega... by criddell on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @02:11PM (#36790729)
High SAT scores are only a good predictor against low SAT scores. Can you say that extremely high SAT scores are a better indicator of college success than very high SAT scores?

I’m not saying SAT scores are useless, just that they should only be used as a filter and not for ranking.

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