Let’s be honest, California State U education is already worthless at this point.
“Trustee Yammilette Rodriguez praised the plan as one that will help students avoid what she went through. I had a 4.0 GPA but did not have the support to guide me and my parents didn’t have that information to help guide me,” said Rodriguez, who said she went to a rural high school that lacked college support. She missed SAT deadlines and didn’t take the test, then went to community college before she could transfer into California State University, Fresno.”
So CSU has trustees that never actually took the SAT or ACT. SMH.
I’ve read elsewhere that there really isn’t data to support “wealthier families pay for SAT prep/test courses.” Some do, of course—maybe those trying to get into the Ivy League?
My household is in the top 5% of income in the nation in a wealthy area and the only test prep my kids and their friends got was free tutorials on the Internet—and a SAT prep book from the library. And they barely looked at it or practiced.
They did well on the tests, better than their grades would have predicted in fact (I have 3 boys so no surprise there).
No $$ needed.
A real journalist would demand examples. But, see Tagline.
I think the SAT’s are a poor indicator of possible performance and reason for admission. That said, if colleges conduct other due diligence in order to make the admission decision, I think you could get a better answer.
The problem is, Cal States want to exclude white and Asian kids (just like Harvard does) and now without SAT scores they can.
This makes perfect sense as colleges indoctrinate now, not educate. Testing has no use for them, it cuts people out. They want every possible person in college. College is the vaccination of the mind against the American system.
Texas pretty much did that back in 2010 with the Top 10% Rule. The top 10 percent of each graduating class got automatic admittance so didn’t have to take the test or didn’t count it but later changed it to a rock bottom low score. Hey, gotta keep funding the SAT.