US Education Dept. Opens Civil Rights Inquiry into Harvard’s Legacy Admissions

Re:US Education Dept. Opens Civil Rights Inquiry into Harvar... by cma on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @06:55PM (#36870859)

How many of the legacy students get unlimited time on the SAT? 20% of Harvard students do through claiming a learning disability, though the odds of 20% of the top ~.05% of students (Harvard students) all happening to have learning disabilities are insanely low, it is a higher rate than state schools. They do it because they have admissions advisors etc. that coach them to getting a diagnosis from the doctor for ADHD to get unlimited time.

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Re:US Education Dept. Opens Civil Rights Inquiry into Harvar... by sokoloff on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @07:15PM (#36871039)

I had absolutely no feeling of time pressure on the SAT. If anything, I already had too much time and the boredom of waiting to start the next section was more negative than any other effect.

I think the same is true of the overwhelming majority of people scoring 1500+.

I don’t think unlimited time is much of a cheat code if you’re faking (or getting a “light” diagnosis) and trying to break into Harvard level of SAT scoring. More time isn’t going to transpose the middle digits on a 1450.

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Re:US Education Dept. Opens Civil Rights Inquiry into Harvar... by cma on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @02:18AM (#36873724)

On the math section you can for example plug and chug each option rather than use elimination heuristics etc. that are mostly required to complete in the time limit. You can also go back and triple check all your work.

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