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College Board Introduces ‘Adversity Score’ to Control for Privilege in Admissions
National Review ^ | 5-16-2019 | Jack Crowe

Posted on 05/16/2019 12:48:11 PM PDT by tcrlaf

The College Board plans to introduce an “adversity score” that will accompany an applicant’s SAT score in order to give college-admissions officers greater insight into how the applicant’s social and economic privilege may have contributed to their academic performance.

The adversity score, which will be made available to colleges but not the students themselves, will reflect 15 different factors including the crime rate and average income level in a student’s neighborhood, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

The new metric is currently being used by 50 colleges and will likely expand to 150 schools this fall.

“There are a number of amazing students who may have scored less [on the SAT] but have accomplished more,” said David Coleman, chief executive of the College Board. “We can’t sit on our hands and ignore the disparities of wealth reflected in the SAT.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: adversityscore; affirmativeaction; discrimination; sat; stupid
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To: tcrlaf

They are keeping the scores secret in the interests of transparency.


21 posted on 05/16/2019 1:00:46 PM PDT by djpg
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To: BenLurkin

Pay equity is yet another socialist scheme that’s coming soon.


22 posted on 05/16/2019 1:02:19 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: tcrlaf

The least privileged people in our society today, arguably, are the fatherless. What they miss out on can’t be replaced by anything.


23 posted on 05/16/2019 1:02:48 PM PDT by thoughtomator (The Clinton Coup attempt was a worse attack on the USA than was 9/11)
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To: arthurus

The Idocracy has arrived.


24 posted on 05/16/2019 1:05:42 PM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....ew)
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To: dfwgator

+1. What about the “opportunity cost” displayed by ordinary kids who sacrificed fun, and for years while growing up, practiced and studied hard each & every day?

No “hardship” points for them, I guess...


25 posted on 05/16/2019 1:06:45 PM PDT by 4Liberty ("The Democrats are the Party of Crime." - Donald J. Trump)
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To: tcrlaf

26 posted on 05/16/2019 1:07:26 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: tcrlaf

The everybody is equal and everybody gets a trophy liberals should put their money... err... votes, where their foolish ideas are....

So, to help them out...

I’ll give them idea (and AOC should run with it)...

Why are there universities that only accept those with the better SAT scores, and those with the money that can pay for those ‘better’ “Ivy League” universities?

Get rid of them. Nobody is better than the next guy and it’s insulting and demeaning to those with the lesser scores and the lesser financing. Most importantly, most people were unfortunate to be born into the lower brackets of life. So, let’s not discriminate in any form whatsoever. If everybody is equal, let’s get rid of the Ivy League universities and make all universities accept everybody from all income levels and all situations in life.

AOC, where are you? Bernie? Pelosi?


27 posted on 05/16/2019 1:09:03 PM PDT by adorno
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To: tcrlaf
College Board Introduces ‘Adversity Score’ to Control for Privilege in Admissions

Sounds like how they chose the winner on Queen For A Day.

28 posted on 05/16/2019 1:09:30 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: tcrlaf

Give them the handouts you want.

You are amputating ambition and cauterizing their stupidity so, they can never feel the joy of real pain and working your ass off to achieve more than others

They will always be losers and pass those Gene’s on, sadly

Idiots


29 posted on 05/16/2019 1:09:39 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
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To: CivilWarguy

The White kids should just label themselves “black” for purposes of the test.
After all, aren’t we told every day that “race” is just a construct?
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I do a bunch of subcontracting on government construction projects. They are always looking for minorities to fulfill quotas required by the contract and I get shut out frequently.

I now identify as a black woman, possibly a lesbian.


30 posted on 05/16/2019 1:10:11 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Vendome; All

If I self- identify as a poor black tranny, does that mean I automatically get the highest score?


31 posted on 05/16/2019 1:12:31 PM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....ew)
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To: shelterguy
I now identify as a black woman, possibly a lesbian.



Hey if she can do it, why not?

32 posted on 05/16/2019 1:14:24 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: FLT-bird
...I could live with a socioeconomic measure of a student’s background...

Maybe, but zip code isn't the correct measure.

33 posted on 05/16/2019 1:15:46 PM PDT by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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34 posted on 05/16/2019 1:16:13 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: tcrlaf

This would never work in New Orleans, where even the most prestigious zip codes are salt-n-peppa.


35 posted on 05/16/2019 1:17:57 PM PDT by Romulus
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To: tcrlaf

Justices O’Connor and Kennedy both caved and went against their previous views when circumstances made them the fifth vote to end affirmative action (O’Connor in the early 2000s, Kennedy in the 2010s). As a result, “diversity” is considered a legitimate legal reason to discriminate against whites and asians. Piss on both of them.


36 posted on 05/16/2019 1:18:44 PM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: tcrlaf

or Asians


37 posted on 05/16/2019 1:18:50 PM PDT by rb22982
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To: CivilWarguy

The White kids should just label themselves “black” for purposes of the test.


I had a student whose dad was a black American M.D. and mom was from Malaysia. Looked a lot like Tiger Woods. Very smart kid. I asked what race he was going to tic off on his college application. He looked at me as if I were nuts for asking the question, “Black, of course” was his answer. Black lowers the requirements for entrance while Asian raises them. Ironic in that his black dad was a lot more responsible for his upper middle class existence than his Malaysian mom.


38 posted on 05/16/2019 1:18:50 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: tcrlaf

look for more “cheats” ala Felicity H. b/c of this bs!!!


39 posted on 05/16/2019 1:19:02 PM PDT by ronniesgal (so I wonder what his FR handle is????)
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40 posted on 05/16/2019 1:20:59 PM PDT by 4Liberty ("The Democrats are the Party of Crime." - Donald J. Trump)
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