[ExI] sat in jail

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat

Subject: Re: [ExI] sat in jail

 

They were charged too. A decent summary can be found in Wikipedia:

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_college_admissions_bribery_scandal

 

I don't think there’s anything special about this particular bribery incident. I don’t think it’s any graver a “sin” than other corruption either…Dan

 

 

Dan this one really has my attention.  Since I deal with the local schools as a volunteer for Science Olympiad, Codeo and American Math Competition, I am well aware of the youthful lives of the super-competitive in academic and SAT as a competition sport crowd.

 

Recently it was revealed that there was a mysterious adversity index, which is added to one’s SAT score in some admissions processes.  Since students carefully study their SAT practice tests and note their weak areas, along with estimates of the time commitment to get extra score, they wanted to know exactly what is required to score additional adversity points.  Is race considered for instance?  What evidence is required to establish that?  Is DNA evidence alone sufficient, or must one be told by one’s family the traditional (and usually incorrect) notions on one’s ethnicity?  If one is told by one’s parents of native American ancestry for instance, is that sufficient?  How many adversity points is that worth?

 

This one hits close to home on many levels.  The big prize is admission to Stanford.  It isn’t just because of its prestige, but also because it is a really nice campus, in a safe area, and it is close to home for a lot of people.  Stanford undergrad admission is a huge prize.  If students need to arrange for adversity, this is within the realm of reality.  That’s way easier and safer than cheating on the SAT.

 

spike

 

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