[lbo-talk] wheelchair rag

[Luke Weiger]

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From: "Jacob Conrad" <jakub at att.net>
To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] wheelchair rag


> > Other Ivy Leaguers have told me the same thing.  I don't believe them.
>
> Why not?
>
> Jacob

1) Even though the SAT doesn't perfectly measure "smartness" any more than
the Body Mass Index perfectly measures obesity, I'd expect groups with
relatively high SAT scores to be smarter (i.e. there should be more
relatively smart folks in the pool) than low SAT scoring groups just as I'd
expect groups with relatively high BMIs to be fatter than groups with low
BMIs.

2) The average student in Michigan's Honors college (drawn from a pool with
very high SAT scores relative to the student body as a whole) does appear
(in my experience) to be smarter than the average Umich student.  Whether
this also holds true among students in the top 1, 5, or 10% of the
respective pools I don't know.

-- Luke