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1 posted on 05/17/2019 7:23:39 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Face it. America has dumbed down considerably over the last fifty years.


2 posted on 05/17/2019 7:27:15 AM PDT by allendale (.)
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Yes let us lower the bar to get into college rather then raise the abilities of the people trying to get in! That works so well!


3 posted on 05/17/2019 7:28:06 AM PDT by 48th SPS Crusader (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
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The CEO of College Board, David Coleman, who is pushing this nonsense, is a Dem Party donor.


5 posted on 05/17/2019 7:36:57 AM PDT by CivilWarguy
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Tucker hit this one out of the park last night. “Why are we going to punish families who stayed together, had kids they took care of and educated?”


6 posted on 05/17/2019 7:41:48 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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“adversity” score = dumbing-down. Face it. Meritocracy built this country...not mediocrity, not giving consideration to adversity. Idiot “educators” strike again. What incompetent PC nitwits.


7 posted on 05/17/2019 7:43:01 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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Now, instead of having Aunt Becky pay $1M to get you a fake athletic profile, you can just lie about your zip code.
8 posted on 05/17/2019 7:44:39 AM PDT by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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Although I disagree with any “extra” points,

where does it state that “race” is calculated into these points?


9 posted on 05/17/2019 7:46:03 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes (Keep fighting, Nick!)
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My wife scored a perfect 800 on the Math portion of the SAT back when it was still difficult (1987). She finished High School in 3 years and then Johns Hopkins in only 3 years. She’s had a long and prosperous engineering career since. I was a piker by comparison but still managed to be an Army officer and pilot for 24 years. We did not come from wealthy families.

Now, my sons, because of their parent’s hard work and success, will be punished. We live in an excellent school district south of Boston in a town that’s probably 98% white. We’re probably in the highest income bracket for their silly formula. I’m guessing my sons will actually have points DEDUCTED from their scores due to their immense “privilege”. We’re living in sad times.


11 posted on 05/17/2019 7:52:16 AM PDT by strider44
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A probable safe bet on this factoring bs: ai

California has been applying these bs factors shortly after Obama became president before accepting students into the UC or State University systems.

In other words, a smart kid with both parents, raised in a good neighborhood, even with a great grade point average and SAT's would not be accepted.


14 posted on 05/17/2019 7:55:13 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( You can't normalize the type of behavior the left is trying to normalize, when, it isn't normal!)
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Telling the awful truth

That would be nice for a change.

Race is one thing that is almost never honestly discussed in this nation.

16 posted on 05/17/2019 7:57:42 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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The College Board needs to stick to it's job and just report the raw test results.

Universities can calculate their own "Adversity Score" for applicants if they feel the need.
17 posted on 05/17/2019 7:58:16 AM PDT by indthkr
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This is the democrat’s way of telling Blacks that they’re too stupid to do what everyone else does.
Blatantly racist on its face.


18 posted on 05/17/2019 8:02:09 AM PDT by Fireone (Build the gallows first, then the wall!)
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The biggest reason this country is going down the crapper is because we’re being lead by complete imbeciles with fancy degrees from elite colleges.


19 posted on 05/17/2019 8:06:59 AM PDT by Tzimisce
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Who cares? The SAT is not the standard that it once was. Standardized tests are BS and a scam anyway. The College Board needs to be abolished. In many cases and growing trend is that there is no need for SAT to enroll in many colleges unless one wants to go to highly selective colleges.


20 posted on 05/17/2019 8:17:37 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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Would you want to be operated on by a doctor with a high adversity score and low SAT?


21 posted on 05/17/2019 8:18:06 AM PDT by aquila48
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As Asian I truly admire the talent of whites. They can make an art out of bs.


23 posted on 05/17/2019 8:29:01 AM PDT by Lee25
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""The high scores achieved by children of poor Asian immigrant families prove the point. Their parents’ culture emphasizes effort, persistence, and deferred gratification. Those cultural values are not inherent in any race, but are embraced by members of different cultures to different degrees." (Emphasis supplied)

I wonder if this conclusion by the estimable Heather McDonald is, regrettably, also an example of trimming to political correctness. Would it not be more accurate to say that although cultural values are not inherent in any race some races have inherently different cultural values or at least different value levels than others? Would it not also be fair to say that those cultural values closely correlate to "high scores?"

Uniformly, studies tell us that Head Start Program has virtually no positive effect on "underprivileged" children by the time they reach puberty and certainly not by the time they take SAT exams. The evidence is that SAT exam performance plus the virtues of "effort, persistence, and deferred gratification" lead to economic success in life. But the cultural values inculcated by Head Start have virtually no demonstrable effect in improving SAT scores on those who participated in the program.

In other words the evidence is not that these enumerated virtues lead to good SAT scores. In fact, it may well be that the intelligence necessary to score high in SAT examinations is the same kind of intelligence that prompts "effort, persistence, and deferred gratification." Dare we ask, does the low intelligence which leads to low performance on SAT exams also produce the culture of lack of effort, inconstancy, and immediate gratification?

If so, all that this SAT manipulation will accomplish is pushing Head Start to an older age level but with the same ultimate result. Meanwhile, since as the article points out, college admissions is a zero sum game, the harm to society by failing to advance merit will be an "evolutionary" downer.

Political correctness, unlike facts, does care about feelings.


24 posted on 05/17/2019 8:33:56 AM PDT by nathanbedford (attack, repeat, attack! Bull Halsey)
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This is the same as those that bought admission for their kids except gamed by the college admissions or the 1950’s tv game show where you win a prize for telling how awful your life is.


26 posted on 05/17/2019 8:38:53 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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colleges need objective test scores to compare students nationally. Subjective information should not be part of that.


30 posted on 05/17/2019 9:00:56 AM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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My son is a victim of such policy ~ scored 50 pt higher than average Stanford Admissioned student for MBA program, killed his GMAT, and didn’t get a sniff... White, make disadvantage


31 posted on 05/17/2019 9:05:14 AM PDT by nevermorelenore ( If My people will pray ....)
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