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Wake Forest joins schools in dropping SAT requirement
Associated Press ^
| May 28,2008
| NATASHA ROBINSON
Posted on 05/27/2008 6:45:39 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
Smith College of MA also dropped the SAT requirements.
To: SeekAndFind
College is only about tuition fees anyway. As long as you can fog a mirror and have the money, you’re in.
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posted on
05/27/2008 6:48:08 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(De-Globalize yourself !)
To: SeekAndFind
no surprise Belmont college just surpassed Wake Forest in Southern private college ratings.
and David Lipscomb is gaining
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posted on
05/27/2008 6:48:08 PM PDT
by
wardaddy
(I want a woman POTUS like Elizabeth I in that last movie.....that is a she I could vote for. Balls)
To: SeekAndFind; Allegra; big'ol_freeper; Lil'freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; Larry Lucido; ...
All this will do is increase the crop of idiots we already have growing in our mist!
Next time you are at Walmart, just watch the cashier when you check out. That will tell you the tale!
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posted on
05/27/2008 6:49:07 PM PDT
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: SeekAndFind
This is so schools can keep their admissions more ‘objective’ and can do their own social engineering quotas and avoid any reverse discrimination charges. In the long run all it will do is admit poorer quality students who will be harmed more than helped by the policy because they will not be able to excel and may drop out instead of going to a school where they could succeed.
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posted on
05/27/2008 6:51:20 PM PDT
by
Always Right
(Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
To: SeekAndFind
If your standards are too high.. lower your standards!
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posted on
05/27/2008 6:54:33 PM PDT
by
motor_racer
(Open war is upon you, whether you would risk it or not.)
To: FlingWingFlyer
Yep! Today a college diploma is a receipt for tuition paid.
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posted on
05/27/2008 6:56:28 PM PDT
by
Battle Axe
(Repent for the coming of the Lord is nigh!)
To: SeekAndFind
The school, which did away with the testing requirement while examining how to diversify the student population Got to get those diverse students to get government money.
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posted on
05/27/2008 7:00:01 PM PDT
by
razorback-bert
(Demorats tax returns consists of "welfare in" and " child support out.")
To: Bender2
As if years later anybody ever asks about your SAT score.
You either can do the job or you can’t do the job.
These kids today can’t even count.
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posted on
05/27/2008 7:01:36 PM PDT
by
Eric Blair 2084
(Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
To: motor_racer
If your standards are too high.. lower your standards!I really don't see how this comment is appropriate since Wake admits less than half the people who apply.
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posted on
05/27/2008 7:03:26 PM PDT
by
billva
To: SeekAndFind
Is this being done for the betterment of mankind and Western Civilization, or for the benefit of those who are too dumb to pass the test, in the name of diversity??
"In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act." George Orwell, 1984
In Liberal/Leftist politics 'reality' is an inconvenience best ignored. But unfortunately for the liberal agenda, reality is that thing that even when you stop believing in it, is still there. As with all liberal experiments in social engineering, its the good intentions that matters, not the results.
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posted on
05/27/2008 7:05:37 PM PDT
by
Main Street
(Stuck in traffic)
To: SeekAndFind
Minority kids dont do well on the SAT so there must be something wrong with the test. I look forward to a move diverse student population. How about admitting a percentage of those flunking classes in high school, or those with a criminal record, or dont forget those who dropped out of high school, save some slots for them too.
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posted on
05/27/2008 7:06:34 PM PDT
by
Bulldawg Fan
(Victory is the last thing Murtha and his fellow Defeatists want.)
To: billva
That’s a 50% acceptance rate and it certainly doesn’t sound too selective to me.
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posted on
05/27/2008 7:07:50 PM PDT
by
indcons
(Back on FR after the long weekend - will respond to pings and FReepmails. Apologies for the delay.)
To: Eric Blair 2084
Re:
These kids today cant even count Those that serve in Iraq and Afghanistan count, but those that worship nObama are no count!
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posted on
05/27/2008 7:08:35 PM PDT
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: Eric Blair 2084
But at least the SAT scores guaranteed a scholastic minimum for college entrance. Future employers could, at the very least, feel confidant in this minimum scholastic ability when interviewing potential employees.
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posted on
05/27/2008 7:09:51 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(I was taught to respect my elders, but it's getting harder to find one.)
To: SeekAndFind
The fact that some students do well despite scoring low on SATs could very possibly be an indication of bias by instructors rather than failure of the SAT.
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posted on
05/27/2008 7:18:08 PM PDT
by
yarddog
To: Always Right
"Wake Forest.... did away with the [SAT/ACT] testing requirement while examining how to diversify the student population
That's all you needed from this entire article. The fact of the matter is that they're not going to meet their quotas by using these sorts of tests as admissions requirments, as their classes are going to be filled with Whites and Asians.
And even after affirmative action takes places at the undergraduate level, it's again needed at the graduate level. Like it or not, medicine and law (to but name a few) drastically lower their admissions standards to those who offer "diversity."
To: SeekAndFind
New requirement test:
Are you a minority?
Are you a woman?
Do you feel you’re getting screwed in Whitey’s society?
Welcome aboard.
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posted on
05/27/2008 7:27:08 PM PDT
by
Tzimisce
(How Would Mohammed Vote? Hillary for President!)
To: Battle Axe
“Yep! Today a college diploma is a receipt for tuition paid.”
Probably not a fair assessment with Wake. They’re known for having a pretty brutal curriculum and most definitely not for grade inflation.
And that in a school filled with a pretty intelligent group of kids. Dropping this test, however, is no doubt a mistake and a lowering of standards.
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