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Re:SAT (and ACT) scores are highly predictive of academic ac... by kccqzy on Monday February 05, 2024 @12:49PM (#39264135)
My friends and I all prepped on our own. It really helped to have that kind of friendly competitive mindset among high school friends to provide each other motivation to one-up everyone else. Of course all of us were middle class, and we were all raised in the kinds of families value education above many things.
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Re:SAT (and ACT) scores are highly predictive of academic ac... by SoftTalker on Monday February 05, 2024 @01:39PM (#39265033)
If I had suggested to my high school friends that we "prep for the SAT" I think I would have been roundly laughed out of the room.
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Re:SAT (and ACT) scores are highly predictive of academic ac... by kccqzy on Monday February 05, 2024 @01:57PM (#39265333)
Right. So if a high school is full of that kind of kids, someone performing well on the SAT shows more grit and perseverance than my kind of peers. Colleges should rightfully award that.
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Re:SAT (and ACT) scores are highly predictive of academic ac... by seanmcdirmid on Monday February 05, 2024 @06:51PM (#39268841)
It sounds like an award for breaking Goodhart’s law, but it’s amazing how many kids don’t know this one simple trick to getting good grades and getting into a nice university (study for tests using available prep material).
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