SAT/ACT scores required for UM undergrad once again

[Brains]

Standardized tests are a farce. It doesn't take into account anxiety. It doesn't take into account school districts/teacher quality. If curriculum was standardized and taught at the same pace across the board then it would be more valid. However such is not the case which makes it nothing more than an outdated way of measurement.

Maybe things have changed in the last 20 years, but I seriously doubt it. If they haven't then the SAT remains an aptitude test. The entire point is to not take any of that into account. It doesn't test curriculum. Studying for the test is valuable only to familiarize yourself with scoring and format. The classes you took and teachers you had can't save you.

It's a test that you can either do, or you can't.

 

[YLCANE]

Standardized tests are a farce. It doesn't take into account anxiety. It doesn't take into account school districts/teacher quality. If curriculum was standardized and taught at the same pace across the board then it would be more valid. However such is not the case which makes it nothing more than an outdated way of measurement.

 

[BigDikDaddyFromCincinnati]

Enfermotas

¿Mujeres tóxicas?

 

[ajkreider]

I identify as a genus. Why would they question my choice?

I'm a family, myself.

 

[Elmer Leghorn]

many , if not most, schools dropped them when COVID hit..

Many schools dropped them for DEI and pressure from the government. Covid or DEI, any serious academic school should have never done it.

 

[The U is back to work]

Many schools dropped them for DEI and pressure from the government. Covid or DEI, any serious academic school should have never done it.

Yes and institutions of higher learning are businesses and they saw decreased enrollments from COVID. Pressure to fill classes can be met by dropping admissions standards. The DEI piece was really the elite Ivy League universities and a select number of state schools.

 

[ALLoverCANE]

My greater point which I didn't convey fully is for something to be standard all things must be equal. Meaning our education system must be equal across the country which we both know is not the case without getting into all that surronds it. I added anxiety because test anxiety is real for some. That's why colleges have moved to creating centers or using rooms for those who have learning disabilities and anxieties. In short I was saying highschools don't do the best of that speaking largely on the public school system. I don't disagree that academic performance is important but placing entry on a score from one test seems asinine as it can disregard achievement elsewhere

It's one of many factors.

It's a test of intelligence. It's imperfect, but it's better than GPA. Standardized tests are less influenced by a student's environment than basically every other element of their application.

 

[ALLoverCANE]

Yeah, **** anybody with any kind of imperfection. As a matter of fact, let's round them all up and send them to camps. That's what they get for being born different than us, am I right?

No, we shouldn't send them to camps.

We also shouldn't let them go to Harvard.

This isn't complicated.

 

[Bender]

This has never been true across the board, and the sooner the school stops trying to pretend it is something it is not and returns focus to football and tan lines the better.

That is true across the board, if a player is terrified of a **** SAT or is unwilling to take one and rather goes somewhere where he doesn't have to take one, he's either a) stupid or b) lazy as **** and takes shortcuts.

And just for the record, because people cannot research to save their life: FSU, UF, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Purdue, La Tech and Memphis require SATs. Stanford is introducing them in 2026.

But sure, if you just want student athletes to play ball and not care about the school, you're getting dumb****s that represent the university on a poor level. Education is not important folks, that's great to know.

 

[Bender]

My greater point which I didn't convey fully is for something to be standard all things must be equal. Meaning our education system must be equal across the country which we both know is not the case without getting into all that surronds it. I added anxiety because test anxiety is real for some. That's why colleges have moved to creating centers or using rooms for those who have learning disabilities and anxieties. In short I was saying highschools don't do the best of that speaking largely on the public school system. I don't disagree that academic performance is important but placing entry on a score from one test seems asinine as it can disregard achievement elsewhere

The university does not want idiots to attend the university. If people have dyslexia or test anxiety, it shows up prior in HS and these cases are... not rare, but they don't happen that often. Being a bit afraid of a math exam isn't test anxiety.