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Re:SAT (and ACT) scores are highly predictive of academic ac... by jobs_throwaway on Monday February 05, 2024 @02:58PM (#39266262)
like many things, there are some pretty significant unintended consequences though. In my district in Texas, parents would send their kids to the worst high school in the district because it was dramatically easier to be top 4% and get auto-admit to UT that way
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Re:SAT (and ACT) scores are highly predictive of academic ac... by petsfed on Monday February 05, 2024 @06:30PM (#39268670)
Granted UT Austin is really well ranked, that seems like a terrible move for the kids. Like, great, you got in to this really well regarded school, but your preparation to get there may well be considerably worse than nothing at all.
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Re:SAT (and ACT) scores are highly predictive of academic ac... by hindsightbias on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @11:38AM (#39276488)
At the other end, the last time I attended a graduation at Highland Park TX, 4% was about the number of National Merit Scholars in the class.

They typically go out-of-state, but the competition for the next 4% is insane.

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Re:SAT (and ACT) scores are highly predictive of academic ac... by spoonjim on Monday February 05, 2024 @09:24PM (#39270017)
Goodhart’s lawing the Asian nerds into a high school with cholos and gangbangers
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Re:SAT (and ACT) scores are highly predictive of academic ac... by red-iron-pine on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @09:20AM (#39274422)
there ought to be a sitcom about this
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