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Re:SAT (and ACT) scores are highly predictive of academic ac... by jltsiren on Monday February 05, 2024 @12:31PM (#39263866)
The real cost is the opportunity cost. Prepping for a competitive test (I don't know if SAT or ACT is one) is a full-time job. If you work for living, you don't have the time and energy to prepare adequately.
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Re:SAT (and ACT) scores are highly predictive of academic ac... by ghaff on Monday February 05, 2024 @12:39PM (#39263980)
A lot of it measures high-schooly type stuff. I imagine if you put a SAT down in front of me today, I'd do terribly (especially in math in spite of having advanced degrees). I just don't have instant recall of a lot of the geometry and other stuff at this point. Heck, I'm not sure I could even do long division.
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Re:SAT (and ACT) scores are highly predictive of academic ac... by seanmcdirmid on Monday February 05, 2024 @12:56PM (#39264247)
At least that SAT/ACT isn’t heavy into classic geometry proofs like the gaokao is. It’s literally something you’ll forget after you take the test because trigonometry is so much more effective (Chinese learn both).
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