Editor’s note: This Future View is about dropping SAT and ACT scores as a college admissions requirement, as the president of the University of California has recommended.
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opinion And then
opinion SATs don’t accurately judge all students. I didn’t do the best on them, but I still always maintained a 3.8 GPA. Standardized testing isn’t fair.
opinion The Educational Industrial Complex is based upon the educational myth & endless cash flow. The quality of the product is secondary to maintenance of the myth.
opinion Great
opinion When mommy pays at least $2500 for a tutor and prep (or just buys your way into Yale), does that mean you're the most qualified? Obsolete
opinion SAT is far better than the Political Correctness.
opinion Until 1989, they were IQ based Now, they are knowledge based, and are used by upper middle and upper class parents to boast of school quality. In reality, the biggest predictor of a child finishing college is parental income.
opinion The reason why Napitalano/UC California is ending the SAT is money. Money. She was caught up in a scandal a last year because she was letting in too many high/full paying foreign student to the detriment of Californians whose parents had paid taxes to fund the UC system. Greed
opinion Student loans should be based on future income potential. A student loan is not a right
opinion College is overpriced and underwhelming. Most degrees go unused
opinion It's just another moat. More reflective of class and resources than anything else
opinion standardizing testing is a gate keeping technique to keep certain kids out of schools. it’s all bs and the college admission scandal proved just how easy it is for the wealthy to rig the system by having others take the test for them/faking a need for more time.
opinion no, i took a GRE test once and it was literally newspaper riddles and puzzles, how this prepares students for anything is beyond me
opinion I took it when it mattered. 1975. I was a National Merit Finalist. I still think it mattered.
opinion Yes, they are useful. No, they are not unfair. They don't, however, tell a university everything they need to know about a student.
opinion I went after the Navy so I didn't need act or sat scores. Of course I went to community college for an AS degree then State University. I got a 3.6 GPA for 1st degree and 3.4 GPA for second degree with physics minor. I have 128 credits but didn't graduate.
opinion Needs to be reviewed & reworked.
opinion A way for wealthy and upper middle class families to create barriers to entry for working class and poor communities who lack institutional knowledge. Growing up In a hardscrabble community, I naively didn't even realize there was a whole test prep industry.
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