Box and Won Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Per the P-D, SLU will no longer require applicants to submit standardized test scores: https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/slu-to-drop-admission-requirements-for-act-sat-in-2021/article_5c56930a-b73b-5bf3-a99e-da3b444ab91d.html I suppose this is a good thing? Is there a downside to this? NH likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 booooooo.......... dumbing down our alma mater imo. cgeldmacher, almaman and MB73 like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 This is a national trend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted May 14, 2020 Author Share Posted May 14, 2020 Just now, willie said: This is a national trend. I'd feel a little better if Wash U. were doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 2 minutes ago, Box and Won said: I'd feel a little better if Wash U. were doing it. If Wash U jumped off the Arch would you do it too? Billiken Rich likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 1 minute ago, Box and Won said: I'd feel a little better if Wash U. were doing it. I am not sure of this but they may have made it optional. Again I am not sure but thought I saw something to that effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted May 14, 2020 Author Share Posted May 14, 2020 1 minute ago, billikenfan05 said: If Wash U jumped off the Arch would you do it too? Yes. billiken_roy, JMM28, wgstl and 3 others like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Butts in seats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 13 minutes ago, Box and Won said: I'd feel a little better if Wash U. were doing it. Harvard, Penn, Cornell, Davidson, Tufts, BU, Northeastern, Tulane, Amherst, Williams, Vassar, VT, Baylor, the University of California system, and over 100 others have done the same. SLU will be fine. Zink likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidnark Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 I suspect it is a blend of (i) a genuine goal to diversity the student population by recruiting smart, hard-working kids who don't necessary test well--perhaps due to socio-economic bias--and (ii) improving SLU's objective ranking metrics. How would improve the objective metrics? Presumably, the kids with good GPAs who don't provide test scores will have their GPAs factored into the averages without dragging down the university's average ACT and SAT scores. Kids with high test scores will certainly want to submit them, and those will comprise the university's average test scores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatherB Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 @billikenfan05 can finally get into SLU now! BilliesBy40 likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Just now, FatherB said: @billikenfan05 can finally get into SLU now! Because I didn't spend 4 years going to SLU between 2009-2013? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted May 14, 2020 Author Share Posted May 14, 2020 26 minutes ago, Pistol said: Harvard, Penn, Cornell, Davidson, Tufts, BU, Northeastern, Tulane, Amherst, Williams, Vassar, VT, Baylor, the University of California system, and over 100 others have done the same. SLU will be fine. Pistol, Slu let the dogs out? and JMM28 like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 This is just all code for, "i f'd off in high school but i can really make up for it in college if you just let me in." Meanwhile the actual hard working prepared deserving student has to be held back in class letting these non-achievers catch up. Our country continues to go downhill. AGB91 and cgeldmacher like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clocktoweraccords2004 Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 This is dumb af. If you think you submit a 4.0 to Harvard without a 33+ act score or sat equivalent and get in, you’re wrong. Also this screws over students with the national average of 0.0-4.0 scale. Don’t some Chicago schools go up to 6.0 or some bs if it’s an honors or ap course? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compton Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 SATs or not, the admissions officers know what the good high schools are and who the good students are. Did SATs/ACTs help them? Sure. But they've been pulling students from the same high schools for decades and know where they stand. It'll pretty much be the same. 3star_recruit likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Pistol said: Harvard, Penn, Cornell, Davidson, Tufts, BU, Northeastern, Tulane, Amherst, Williams, Vassar, VT, Baylor, the University of California system, and over 100 others have done the same. SLU will be fine. meramec did this also bauman likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slu let the dogs out? Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Box and Won said: Per the P-D, SLU will no longer require applicants to submit standardized test scores: https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/slu-to-drop-admission-requirements-for-act-sat-in-2021/article_5c56930a-b73b-5bf3-a99e-da3b444ab91d.html I suppose this is a good thing? Is there a downside to this? For students like me that had really good grades but were horrible standardized test takers this is a good thing. When I was researching grad schools, I looked for schools that did not require a GRE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLU_Lax Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 42 minutes ago, billiken_roy said: This is just all code for, "i f'd off in high school but i can really make up for it in college if you just let me in." Meanwhile the actual hard working prepared deserving student has to be held back in class letting these non-achievers catch up. Our country continues to go downhill. I think it is closer to the opposite. It puts more weight on your actual performance (i.e. grades in high school). People who test well and f off in high school can often find schools that will take them based on ACT/SAT scores. Instead this says that for whatever reason if someone does not test well, but has shown good grades, good extracurriculars, and otherwise shows to be a good student that they can now more easily be accepted to SLU. ACT/SAT certainly is not a perfect predictor of collegiate academic performance and post-graduate success. Its predictive ability is lessened further when you isolate the variance due to socioeconomic factors. Pistol, Slu let the dogs out?, BilliesBy40 and 4 others like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlarry Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 43 minutes ago, billiken_roy said: This is just all code for, "i f'd off in high school but i can really make up for it in college if you just let me in." Meanwhile the actual hard working prepared deserving student has to be held back in class letting these non-achievers catch up. Our country continues to go downhill. Doesn’t this benefit the exact opposite kids of what you describe? This helps the kid who works his ass off and earns a 3.75 but bombs the ACT a lot more than the guy who slacks off earns a 2.5 but gets a 30 on the ACT. BilliesBy40 and SLU_Lax like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlarry Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Just now, SLU_Lax said: I think it is closer to the opposite. It puts more weight on your actual performance (i.e. grades in high school). People who test well and f off in high school can often find schools that will take them based on ACT/SAT scores. Instead this says that for whatever reason if someone does not test well, but has shown good grades, good extracurriculars, and otherwise shows to be a good student that they can now more easily be accepted to SLU. ACT/SAT certainly is not a perfect predictor of collegiate academic performance and post-graduate success. Its predictive ability is lessened further when you isolate the variance due to socioeconomic factors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 In other words, top colleges will continue to pull most of their students from the best high schools, get the top students from average high schools and get the valedictorians and salutatorians from poor schools. Which is basically what they do now. The test scores are for outliers. And they will continue to use them to identify outliers. They just won't require them for everybody else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 10 minutes ago, dlarry said: Doesn’t this benefit the exact opposite kids of what you describe? This helps the kid who works his ass off and earns a 3.75 but bombs the ACT a lot more than the guy who slacks off earns a 2.5 but gets a 30 on the ACT. i would think you need to ace both to get in a great school. i know my kids did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 56 minutes ago, billiken_roy said: This is just all code for, "i f'd off in high school but i can really make up for it in college if you just let me in." Meanwhile the actual hard working prepared deserving student has to be held back in class letting these non-achievers catch up. Our country continues to go downhill. That isn't the take. This would reward the person who worked hard in high school, got a 3.whatever, but screwed themselves on the ACT/SAT. Trust me, SLU has been letting the "i screwed around in high school but got a good test score" brigade in since at least 2002. I am living proof. MusicCityBilliken, majerus mojo, brianstl and 1 other like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Many of the Ivy League schools have for years not used class rank for admission and they are fine. This is a trend and honestly, it tends to reward kids who are great students but simply do not test well. For years kids who had a high IQs could get in Gifted programs until people realized that a high IQ does not translate into high performance. Now most Gifted Programs use a variety of metrics to determine if your IQ is high enough to do the rigorous work but do you also have the dedication to actually do the work. This is not a big deal as long as the school puts in other metrics to find the best kids. MusicCityBilliken likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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