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University of California Will Stop Using SAT, ACT
The Wall Street Journal ^ | May 21, 2020 | Douglas Belkin

Posted on 05/21/2020 3:43:17 PM PDT by Trump20162020

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To: hanamizu
Wait, why aren’t they counted as ‘Asian’?

Because if they'd been grouped with Asians as they should have been, it would have been obvious that the issue with the tests is solely among black and Hispanic students.
21 posted on 05/21/2020 4:01:19 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: EEGator

Probably knocked down the curve for sales of ski equipment and lessons. Ouch. We saw that horrible scene every week, too.


22 posted on 05/21/2020 4:03:59 PM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud,harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: Signalman

He was great.


23 posted on 05/21/2020 4:06:10 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Trump20162020
So once the libtards create their own new test, then places like Sylvan will develop new programs to prep for that test and "privilege" will win again.

What a waste of time and money.

If they really cared, they would spend our tax money on subsidizing test prep for minorities, but that would end up proving something they don't want proved.

24 posted on 05/21/2020 4:06:16 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: Trump20162020

A woman I went out with years ago was a Radcliffe grad (which has since been absorbed by Harvard).A classmate of hers was a Vice Chancellor of Admissions at Harvard and told her once that were it not for Harvard’s various “affirmative action” policies the entire Freshman Class would consist of Asians and Jews.


25 posted on 05/21/2020 4:06:29 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
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To: Trump20162020

So stupid. A gazillion years ago, I got into Berkeley and was awarded a scholarship because of the SAT. No SAT = no objective standard = the liberals on the admissions committee get to admit whomever and whatever privileged class(es) they like. There’s simply no way that I as a white, male, able-bodied, heterosexual, Christian non-donor would have ever been admitted.


26 posted on 05/21/2020 4:07:19 PM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: Trump20162020

Math and English are racist.


27 posted on 05/21/2020 4:11:28 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." - George Orwell, 1984)
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To: Trump20162020; All

Not that I would EVER attend college in California, BUT - this Liberal cr@p just makes my blood boil! And now that colleges in CA are doing it, you can bet all other LibTard, USELESS, Liberal Arts colleges will follow suit. Grrrr!

I finished HS in THREE years - I had taken every class I needed for a well-rounded education, for the credits that were required, plus advanced classes and private study/extra credit courses. My Guidance Counselor told me I had more additional credits toward graduation that she had ever seen before...even more than the ‘smart’ kids, LOL!

I had a full scholarship to a Lutheran college, but instead joined the Army because Carter was Prez and civilian life during those years absolutely SUCKED. No jobs, inflation through the ROOF, no jobs, no gasoline, no jobs, Americans HELD HOSTAGE by IRAN...did I mention no jobs? The Army paid for a lot of my college education. Thanks, Taxpayers! :)

Those of us - and I know there are plenty of others here - that sacrificed and worked our way through our college years really resent all of this favoritism and this IMAGINARY ‘leveling of the playing field.’

In the end, it really doesn’t matter, though. I think people that set goals and work hard turn out to be better for it in the long run and are invaluable to employers during our Wage Slave Years. “Mr. Employer? You need FIVE things done today? Give me FIVE more, just to make it slightly challenging!” LOL! ;)


28 posted on 05/21/2020 4:12:21 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Trump20162020

Clearly the browns and blacks can not compete intellectually. It is most unfortunate that that statement is a fact. Anyone calling it racist probably doesn’t have the IQ to understand it. So those darker colored persons need help to raise their IQs. I’ve read that the Flynn effect has boosted their average IQs over the past few decades higher than their IQs are typically depicted on IQ plots. That is good. It gives them a better chance to compete in America.

My latest cancer chemo has driven me to the wall. One side effect is increased hostility. I’m going to ride that one hard. Disagree with me being not-PC or actually racist and I’ll rip your throat out IF I can get enough energy and IF I can summon enough oxygen by panting to overcome my ultra low hemoglobin (so actually you all are pretty safe at a social distance from me).

P.S. I’m trying to start a trend. Write all your Amazon reviews ending with “Buy American made products, not Chinese”


29 posted on 05/21/2020 4:12:35 PM PDT by diatomite (Libs, the MSM, journos, actors - all are on the low-end of the Dunning-Kreuger effect)
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To: ealgeone

its not “minority” kids , its black kids apparently...


30 posted on 05/21/2020 4:12:41 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Trump20162020

What the dumb bastards don’t understand is this will destroy the quality of education for everyone. But then most colleges are diploma mills anyway.


31 posted on 05/21/2020 4:13:08 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: Trump20162020

Americans need not apply


32 posted on 05/21/2020 4:15:37 PM PDT by RockyTx
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To: Gay State Conservative
Harvard has a large swarth of students that just happen to be alumni kids...they practically get in automatically....

we need to stop worshiping the IVY schools.....infact, we need to stop worshipping a college degree...it increasingly means nothing except you're buying a place in line for the favored....

best to do what the celebs do....bribe your kid in....

33 posted on 05/21/2020 4:17:10 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Trump20162020
The battle against standardized tests has raged for years because minority students score, on average, lower than their white classmates. Advocates argue that the exams are an unfair admission barrier to those students because they often cannot pay for pricey test preparation.

If they study hard in school (and the schools are providing a challenging curriculum), they should not need to pay for test prep. The SAT has been dumbed down several times; if students cannot pass it, it is not the fault of the test.

Unfortunately, in certain minority cultures, trying to succeed is a traitorous act.

34 posted on 05/21/2020 4:17:26 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org)
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To: Trump20162020

I bet that most of the dumb students who get into U.C. will pursue majors in worthless majors like African American Studies or some other useless “studies” degree. I don’t expect to see them getting degrees in biochemistry or math.


35 posted on 05/21/2020 4:17:41 PM PDT by forgotten man
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To: irishjuggler
"No SAT = no objective standard = the liberals on the admissions committee get to admit whomever and whatever privileged class(es) they like."

Exactly. It's time to circumvent bricks and mortar 'higher education'. We have way more than enough technology to do a better job educating MORE people online - without those people going into debt paying the costs for buildings, Deans, Provosts, University Presidents, faculty who teach less than a month a year and who overuse teaching assistants, etc.

36 posted on 05/21/2020 4:17:43 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: Trump20162020
"The unanimous 23-to-0 vote ratified a proposal put forward last month by UC President Janet Napolitano to phase out the exams . . . "

So we are going to continue to dumb-down our educational system so that we will need to import more and more tech workers from India and elsewhere.
37 posted on 05/21/2020 4:17:47 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Trump20162020

I sure had no pricey preparation for SAT’s and did fine. Why does our initial reaction always seem to fall upon lowering existing standards?


38 posted on 05/21/2020 4:19:05 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: Trump20162020

This is bad news but not surprising being California.


39 posted on 05/21/2020 4:19:29 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: Trump20162020

The idea of college admissions being based on merit is so twentieth century. In order to set things right, the dumbest should get top admissions priority.


40 posted on 05/21/2020 4:19:34 PM PDT by all the best (You)
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