Posted on 04/03/2023 4:54:36 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
Many high school students are pushing back against the importance of test scores.
Awaiting responses from colleges on whether you were accepted or rejected can be quite stressful. That stress can quickly turn to disappointment when having been rejected from colleges that were high on your priority list.
For one high schooler, despite her high overall average when she sent out college applications, she was shocked to receive more rejections in the mail than she hadn't been anticipating.
In a TikTok video, the teenage girl, C'Lette, filmed all of the rejection letters she had received in the mail from schools that she didn't think wouldn't be accepting her, especially since she had a grade point average of 4.1.
"I was club president, in [National Honor Society], had my 'trauma' story, did nine AP classes, [and] did a NASA program," C'Lette wrote in overlay text as she recorded herself putting all of the rejection letters she had received into a trash bag......
"I did actually get into a school," she shared. "I didn't like it because it wasn't for my major." C'Lette noted that she had applied to schools under their STEM programs.
As a safety option, C'Lette had applied to other colleges, in the case that she had gotten rejected, but had been hoping it wouldn't come down to having to go to them. She explained that her SAT score had been 1100 out of 1600, and she had applied with test-optional for most of her applications.
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1100 out of 1600?
that’s not exactly a good score
This girl should apply to the college Nia Tipton, the author, attended. Apparently, the standards are very low there.
Not only do they inflate grades, but pass them when they shouldn't be passed just to get them out.
If they don't make graduation it is 100% blamed on teachers and the schools, never the student's own shortcomings - such as repeatedly ditching school, not studying, not handing in assignments (ever), sleeping in class, flunking tests - and then blaming everything but himself (which the media and government will agree with). The parent will also blame everything except the student.
No win situation for teachers and the schools so best to be rid of the problem. Saw it all the time.
All this from a professional teacher of 33 years (me).
“I’ll give her a point for not being in a car while recording herself. That seems to be the preferred setting for social media pontificating.”
Boffo comment!
Especially when they spot you 400 to start with.
Yea, the guy I knew got a 1560 first as a Junior time and decided to take it again as a SR although he didn’t need to and got a 1540.
Just an insanely smart guy.
Awaiting responses from colleges on whether you were accepted or rejected can be quite stressful. That stress can quickly turn to disappointment when having been rejected from colleges that were high on your priority list.For one high schooler, despite her high overall average when she sent out college applications, she was shocked to receive more rejections in the mail than she hadn't been anticipating.
Did the person who wrote this graduate from High School?
During my years in San Diego, there were a few kids in the local area that scored 1600 on the SAT. That is pretty rare. They attended high schools with a high standard of performance. The GPA and SAT scores from those students were rock solid indicators of accomplishment.
My son had "5" scores on all of his AP courses. He actually taught many of the classes and did evening study sessions to help students in the class. The assigned instructor was clueless. He graduated with a 4.33 GPA due to the AP classes counting "5" for an A. His girlfriend was the class valedictorian. He wrote the speech that she delivered.
Upon graduation, my son headed to USMC boot camp. He girlfriend headed to college at Georgetown. On the morning of 9/11, my son was still in boot camp. His girlfriend heard the explosion from the Pentagon attack.
McDonald's is laying off this week. Corporate offices first.
Grade inflation now is at the Zimbabwean dollar level. A 4.0 now would have been a 1.5 in 1960.
I amused my kids in the mid-80s by modifying an early version of "Doom" to have fuzzy pink bunnies as the adversaries. They enjoyed the multi-player, networked versions over our coax based Ethernet in the house. Seems primitive by today's standards.
Like SAT and ACT scores inflated 5-8 points from the 70s when now have GPAs ranging over what used to be a perfect 4.0
Reeks of participation trophies
“Every single school that sent him literature had girls on the cover photos.”
Next year they will have trans freaks on the cover photos.
You heard it here first.
I myself was wondering how this could be in a report about academic prowess: "more rejections in the mail than she hadn't been anticipating!" Looks like something I would post due to two ways of phrasing something being jumbled in my mind while typing, and just hitting Post. But so far it seems like we are only ones who caught this.
Where the men are men and the sheep are scared.
Actually, that wasn’t where he went. The ration was even more skewed than at Tech (where my brother is a graduate)
1100 in today’s dumbed down SAT is just average. Then, colleges must consider the school she went to and whether they grade their students an performance or attendance.
Any decent engineering program would expect a math score above 640 from candidates expected to be successful. A 700 or better would get her in most of those programs.
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