Who said anything about students with GEDs going to selective colleges? I was commenting on our overall student body having a relatively low average IQ.
You posited that 25% of students dropped out of high school, but I gave you a recent statistic that it is only 7.4%.
>> You posited that 25% of students dropped out of high school, but I gave you a recent statistic that it is only 7.4%. <<
We have competing statistics. They both are true, but they both mean different things. Mine said that 25% drop out. Yours said that only 7.4% lack a diploma OR AN EQUIVALENCE. I’m trying to explain to you that “or an equivalence” is where the discrepancy comes from. Your statistic is not counting those who have taken a GED as not having dropped out.
Your notion that the overall student body has a low IQ is completely unfounded. The average IQ of an American teenager has not declined as the population has gotten more diverse.