[lbo-talk] How Much Do College Students Learn, and Study?

[Jeffrey Fisher]

Practically speaking? Less than you might think. Of course, it depends on
the institution. My guess would be that if you submit an app to, say,
Oberlin with a 1000 SAT, they won't look at you twice. At other places,
however, you look like gold, because you help with their 25-75 numbers on
test scores, which helps them to appear selective (together with official
"selectivity" numbers, which, again IME, are self-reported and totally
rigged).

On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:


> [WS:] So test scores do not matter in college admission?
>
> Wojtek
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Jeffrey Fisher <jeff.jfisher at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Wait. Who is this who wants to deny admission? In my experience, it's
> > exactly the opposite. Admissions officers are tasked with increasing
> > enrollment, not limiting it.
> >
> > Grad schools are a different matter, where it's good to have easy excuses
> > to
> > rule people out, at least for funding, so you can make them pay their
> way.
> > But it's all about revenue, and enrollment directly increases revenue,
> even
> > at steep discount rates.
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Of
> > > course, they do it, because college administrators demand it - a Bell
> > curve
> > > makes their task of denying admission - or rather justifying denial in
> > > meritocratic mumbo jumbo - easier.
> > >
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