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[MIT is reinstating its] SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles
MIT Admissions ^ | March 28, 2022 | Stu Schmill

Posted on 03/28/2022 12:46:35 PM PDT by karpov

After careful consideration, we have decided to reinstate our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles. Our research shows standardized tests help us better assess the academic preparedness of all applicants, and also help us identify socioeconomically disadvantaged students who lack access to advanced coursework or other enrichment opportunities that would otherwise demonstrate their readiness for MIT. We believe a requirement is more equitable and transparent than a test-optional policy. In the post below — and in a separate conversation with MIT News today — I explain more⁠01 about how we think this decision helps us advance our mission.

(Excerpt) Read more at mitadmissions.org ...


TOPICS: Education
KEYWORDS: act; collegeadmissions; mit; sat; thatsraciss
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Good for them. College admissions should be about more than skin color and political correctness.
1 posted on 03/28/2022 12:46:35 PM PDT by karpov
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Lots of dumb minorities got in ..I’d bet my house on it...They weren’t prepared for that level of stupidity....


2 posted on 03/28/2022 12:48:03 PM PDT by Hambone 1934 (Dems love playing Nazis.....The republicans love helping them)
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Our research shows standardized tests help us better assess the academic preparedness of all applicants...

The had to "research" it because common sense ist verboten.

3 posted on 03/28/2022 12:49:28 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Depopulate the depopulationists. --FJB)
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Research, my derriere.

Bet their donors threatened to yank their money.


4 posted on 03/28/2022 12:51:45 PM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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Including the ChiComs...


5 posted on 03/28/2022 12:52:32 PM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: karpov

RACIST!!!

(kidding, a little)

6 posted on 03/28/2022 12:52:47 PM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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LOL Someone found out quickly that being in the top5% of an inner city school is like being in the bottom 90% of a private school.


7 posted on 03/28/2022 12:53:24 PM PDT by Pxzftrnqfrn
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I just read the other day where so other “college”, I forget the name, were dropping the ACT/SAT so they could add more “diversity” to their campus.


8 posted on 03/28/2022 12:54:38 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Don't blame me, I voted for President Trump. Let's Go Brandon! FJB!)
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That’s racist, isn’t it?


9 posted on 03/28/2022 12:54:56 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Well to paraphrase the late, great Johnnie Cochran...

If they bring the dough, their application will go.


10 posted on 03/28/2022 12:55:37 PM PDT by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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MIT practices SAT apartheid racist exclusion! White supremacy!


11 posted on 03/28/2022 12:56:05 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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Of course standardized tests should be part of the process. But still, no college or university will actually reveal their secret sauce for their admission process.


12 posted on 03/28/2022 12:57:10 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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When are the riots going to start?


13 posted on 03/28/2022 12:58:04 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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SAT/ACT is also a good way to measure the future student success rate. They don’t need these clowns that only show up long enough to buy the sweatshirt and T-shirt who are never seen again after the first “spring break.”


14 posted on 03/28/2022 12:58:58 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Don't blame me, I voted for President Trump. Let's Go Brandon! FJB!)
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THANKS for posting this news!!!


15 posted on 03/28/2022 1:00:31 PM PDT by 4Liberty (Remember when government paved the Roads and trained the Army – instead of lying and oppressing?)
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“Our research shows standardized tests help us better assess the academic preparedness of all applicants, and also help us identify socioeconomically disadvantaged students who lack access to advanced coursework or other enrichment opportunities”

So once they identify the “disadvantaged students” who flunk the tests, what are they going to do with them?


16 posted on 03/28/2022 1:00:35 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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The SAT/ACT tests predict success in college. Other than that, they’re not good for much. /s
Oh and BTW, has anyone other than Charles Murray looked at the dropout rates for affirmative action admissions?


17 posted on 03/28/2022 1:01:09 PM PDT by Spok (Winston, how many fingers am I holding up?)
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The California State system dropped testing last week, following the same action by the University of California system.

https://www.highereddive.com/news/california-state-university-drops-standardized-testing-requirements-from-ad/620810/


18 posted on 03/28/2022 1:10:40 PM PDT by Wayne07
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While I didn’t like the SAT/ACT at the time, with 20/20 hindsight, they are a decent measure of how someone has been applying themselves and taking study seriously. Are they perfect? No. But they are a decent measure of the likelyhood of a students success.


19 posted on 03/28/2022 1:10:50 PM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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Natural selection?

I'm very happy to hear this news. Both of my kids scored 33s on their tests and we are still very worried they will be passed on by administrators in favor of kids who scored much lower, but have other “qualifying qualities” about them my two are too privileged to have.

20 posted on 03/28/2022 1:13:39 PM PDT by Mathews (It's all gravy, baby!)
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