Ask YC: What is considered high level of ability ?

Re:Ask YC: What is considered high level of ability ? by cperciva on Monday October 08, 2007 @02:36AM (#64664)

SAT scores correlate highly with academic performance. This should come as no surprise, since their whole purpose was to democratize college admissions by allowing those students who would do best at college to be accepted, regardless of their religion or social connections.

The fact that SAT scores correlate poorly with workplace success is a red herring -- SAT scores were never supposed to predict workplace success.

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Re:Ask YC: What is considered high level of ability ? by O3d on Monday October 08, 2007 @06:02AM (#64722)

So maybe my logic is off here... But does it follow that academic performance correlates poorly with workplace success?

Edit: I'm not attempting to justify low grades. Just curious if that could be a valid corollary (not sure if I'm using that word correctly).

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Re:Ask YC: What is considered high level of ability ? by dcurtis on Monday October 08, 2007 @07:14AM (#64734)

Who said SAT scores correlate poorly with workplace success? Startup success, absolutely, but "workplace success?"

I'd assume that it would correlate pretty well to the success of corporate workers.

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Re:Ask YC: What is considered high level of ability ? by Alex3917 on Monday October 08, 2007 @10:26AM (#64772)

"SAT scores correlate highly with academic performance."

Incorrect.

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Re:Ask YC: What is considered high level of ability ? by aston on Monday October 08, 2007 @12:13PM (#64812)

SAT scores are actually pretty decently correlated with freshman year grades. Colleges wouldn't use it if it weren't predictive, and so the College Board has put a lot of work into ensuring the test means something. Then again, freshman year grades don't really mean much in the grand scheme of life, but they do mean something, definitely.

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