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SAT to Give Adversity Score to Capture Social and Economic Background -- King Jaffe Joffer 05/16/2019 10:15AM Kurt Vonnegut Jr. wrote a great story about this called Harrison Bergeron. ** -- soldcokesatLane 05/16/2019 1:45PM Loved that and remember a tv version of it. ** -- `lag 05/16/2019 9:10PM Maybe it's kind of a joke to base college entrance on a written exam ** -- typed by ben 05/16/2019 11:26AM Don't you have to have some kind of test of ones intelligence? -- fordham 05/16/2019 12:17PM Yes, crazy that the College Board Inc has no competition ** -- typed by ben 05/16/2019 12:35PM ACT is a direct competitor to the College Board ** -- Vienna_Hokie 05/16/2019 1:29PM I fully understand the notion that simply comparing GPA and SAT -- hokiehill1117 05/16/2019 11:10AM I was a OK high school student, but scored well on the SAT -- EDGEMAN 05/16/2019 2:35PM Used to be you moved to GOOD neighborhoods for schools. 😏 ** -- B777Fr8Dog 05/16/2019 11:08AM I believe someone has a neighbor playing in another golf major going on ** -- statmanfromHCyrs 05/16/2019 2:33PM Yep, +7 on her home course ** -- B777Fr8Dog 05/16/2019 5:23PM In a popular online video, people step forward if they fit criteria -- WestyHokie 05/16/2019 10:56AM I just watched it, and here's my problem with that argument. -- King Jaffe Joffer 05/16/2019 11:27AM Why do you think helping others negates your parents hard work? -- VTSnake 05/16/2019 11:32AM Huh? It is possible to work hard and reach your potential without ... -- vt90 05/16/2019 12:19PM Helping someone else is not punishing you ** -- VTSnake 05/16/2019 12:39PM In this example, that's exactly what would be happening. -- King Jaffe Joffer 05/16/2019 2:16PM And the circle of poverty continues and the wealth gap increases -- VTSnake 05/16/2019 2:50PM The cycle of poverty is not going to be interrupted by changing SAT scores -- Vienna_Hokie 05/16/2019 3:45PM There is nothing in america that stops people from achieving except -- fordham 05/16/2019 3:22PM Venezuela has wealth equality. Everyone has zero. ** -- vt90 05/16/2019 3:30PM I was curious where VTsnake thinks things are equal. Not sure -- fordham 05/16/2019 3:38PM Mission accomplished! They have succeed in leveling the playing field ** -- King Jaffe Joffer 05/16/2019 3:38PM The wealth gap grows because wealth typically grows in exponential fashion, -- King Jaffe Joffer 05/16/2019 2:58PM You're comparing poverty to running fast? ** -- VTSnake 05/16/2019 3:23PM If you hold back the successful in any way in order to help the less ... -- vt90 05/16/2019 3:35PM No, but we're obv on diff sides of the argument, we can put it to bed here. ** -- King Jaffe Joffer 05/16/2019 3:30PM I get it ... but pushing yourself forward is not also keeping someone else -- vt90 05/16/2019 1:06PM Weeeellllll, sometimes -- WestyHokie 05/16/2019 12:51PM Who is trying to keep anyone down? ** -- fordham 05/16/2019 11:40AM Who said anything about keeping others down? -- King Jaffe Joffer 05/16/2019 11:39AM Let's just give every kid a trophy too. ** -- NWHokie 05/16/2019 10:48AM We've been doing that since the 70s. ** -- Hokie Bird 94 05/16/2019 12:56PM So everyone from the a given school/neighborhood are considered the same -- Hokie in CT 05/16/2019 10:44AM No. ** -- hoosnowahokie 05/16/2019 10:46AM Hilarious. They won't get an Adversity Score in their first job. They will -- DonHo-kieHi 05/16/2019 10:42AM We had a recent grad who popped.... -- Vtskier1 05/16/2019 11:12AM Sad deal...... ** -- DonHo-kieHi 05/16/2019 12:19PM It doesn't appear to be a grade curve -- Beerman 05/16/2019 10:41AM I get that? But the problem is they go from a very objective tool... -- `lag 05/16/2019 11:12AM Hmm, I've got my post in... will it? ** -- `lag 05/16/2019 11:43AM So ... -- vt90 05/16/2019 10:54AM Seems to me... -- Beerman 05/16/2019 5:38PM Sure ... -- vt90 05/17/2019 07:37AM I thought I was being quite careful -- Beerman 05/17/2019 09:00AM OK ... makes more sense in that regard ... -- vt90 05/17/2019 09:15AM Sure -- Beerman 05/17/2019 10:22AM That's assuming test score is the major criteria to be "more qualified." -- RhinoVT 05/16/2019 11:24AM Serious? It allows the school to justify taking a lesser qualified person -- DonHo-kieHi 05/16/2019 12:23PM Why do think that person is "lesser qualified?" Is furtuer success measured -- RhinoVT 05/16/2019 12:27PM I'm not aware of ANY method to measure future success. There's IQ and the -- DonHo-kieHi 05/16/2019 1:06PM Or the inability to type "future"? ** -- RhinoVT 05/16/2019 12:30PM This is BS. Everyone has a story. ** -- YardBird 05/16/2019 10:41AM I was severely hung over ** -- typed by ben 05/16/2019 11:25AM "The children of wealthy and college-educated parents outperformed -- King Jaffe Joffer 05/16/2019 10:50AM Your kid doesn't get a ding -- VTSnake 05/16/2019 11:21AM Read my reply to Westy's comment above. -- King Jaffe Joffer 05/16/2019 11:36AM It all depends on how Colleges actually use it -- jmanatVT 05/16/2019 10:40AM I was at a disadvantage applying 15 years ago because of the high school -- hoosnowahokie 05/16/2019 10:45AM I grew up poor as dirt. My dad was an alcoholic. Did not affect my -- CochraneResident 05/16/2019 10:29AM Yup... and good on ya.... I'm looking forward to hearing Joe Rogan opine -- HokieSignGuy 05/16/2019 10:39AM Well, if they have gone this far, they might as well add.. -- HokieSignGuy 05/16/2019 10:27AM EVERYONE is disadvantaged except rich, white, straight, males -- VTSnake 05/16/2019 10:50AM LOL ** -- fordham 05/16/2019 11:10AM LOL, life is what you make of it, the only limitation on someone is what -- fordham 05/16/2019 11:13AM That sure is easy to say as someone who's never walked in another's shoes ** -- VTSnake 05/16/2019 11:35AM Life is not fair, this should not be a surprise. Life is what you make of -- fordham 05/16/2019 11:38AM This is so true... what really urks me is when OTHER people convince that -- HokieSignGuy 05/16/2019 11:54AM This user comment sums it up nicely: -- King Jaffe Joffer 05/16/2019 10:33AM It's been proven ad nauseum that SAT scores do not reflect intelligence -- VTSnake 05/16/2019 11:28AM Different kinds of intelligence. SAT DOES predict College success well. ** -- RTFC 05/16/2019 2:34PM Last time I checked math was math whether you are black white or somewhere -- DonHo-kieHi 05/16/2019 12:31PM I'm not saying it. Study upon study upon study is saying it. -- VTSnake 05/16/2019 12:44PM It means statistically that the -- RTFC 05/16/2019 2:54PM So more young people that are coddled so much they cannot -- fordham 05/16/2019 10:26AM Wow. At what point ... -- vt90 05/16/2019 10:21AM Well, that does happen... -- `lag 05/16/2019 10:57AMTech Sideline is Presented By:
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