MIT suspending SAT/ACT requirement for next application cycle
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MIT suspending SAT/ACT requirement for next application cycle
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Re: MIT suspending SAT/ACT requirement for next application cycle
#2Seems like at the moment high-school students in the US have to do two sets of exams - their normal high-school graduation exams, and also the SAT or ACT. Is that right? Why don't they use the results from one for the other? Use SAT for high-school graduation, or use high-school graduation results for university admission.
Re: MIT suspending SAT/ACT requirement for next application cycle
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Re: MIT suspending SAT/ACT requirement for next application cycle
#4Did SAT/ACT scores ever make a difference in applications here? I know they probably cut off around 1300-1400 (as do plenty of schools), but my understanding was that MIT wanted you to be doing tons of extracurriculars and other stuff that wasn't represented by standardized tests anyway.
Re: MIT suspending SAT/ACT requirement for next application cycle
#5Seems like at the moment high-school students in the US have to do two sets of exams - their normal high-school graduation exams, and also the SAT or ACT. Is that right? Why don't they use the results from one for the other? Use SAT for high-school graduation, or use high-school graduation results for university admission.
High school graduation results are definitely not standardized nationwide and could potentially be easier to rig.
Of course, the effect of eliminating SAT/ACT could mean that other factors (like social connections, reported grades like your high school graduation test, etc) will end up being more heavily relied upon, and these could possibly be easier to rig or be more dependent on a wealthy family. Hard to tell, but the play dough squishes out somewhere, right?
Re: MIT suspending SAT/ACT requirement for next application cycle
#6This will definitely help make it easier for admissions to discriminate against Asian students.
Re: MIT suspending SAT/ACT requirement for next application cycle
#7Seems like at the moment high-school students in the US have to do two sets of exams - their normal high-school graduation exams, and also the SAT or ACT. Is that right? Why don't they use the results from one for the other? Use SAT for high-school graduation, or use high-school graduation results for university admission.
Most high schools in the US don't have graduation exams. Even for ones that do, there's no standardized high school graduation exam nationwide.
Re: MIT suspending SAT/ACT requirement for next application cycle
#8Did SAT/ACT scores ever make a difference in applications here? I know they probably cut off around 1300-1400 (as do plenty of schools), but my understanding was that MIT wanted you to be doing tons of extracurriculars and other stuff that wasn't represented by standardized tests anyway.
IMO high scores were a necessary but not sufficient condition. It was definitely a data point used
Re: MIT suspending SAT/ACT requirement for next application cycle
#9Seems like at the moment high-school students in the US have to do two sets of exams - their normal high-school graduation exams, and also the SAT or ACT. Is that right? Why don't they use the results from one for the other? Use SAT for high-school graduation, or use high-school graduation results for university admission.
High schools typically do not have graduation exams in the sense that there are standard exams that are required for your degree. It depends on the state; some states may have standardized tests, some may have much looser requirements.
The standards for graduation across schools are massively different and the SAT/ACT is a private “solution” to the problem of measuring students across regions, for college admissions.
Re: MIT suspending SAT/ACT requirement for next application cycle
#10Seems like at the moment high-school students in the US have to do two sets of exams - their normal high-school graduation exams, and also the SAT or ACT. Is that right? Why don't they use the results from one for the other? Use SAT for high-school graduation, or use high-school graduation results for university admission.
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