Jessica Wynn
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Which raises the question, if GPA does a better job predicting success and the test reflects unequal resources more than raw ability, what exactly are we measuring?
You can buy preparation for a better score, but yeah, the effect is the same.
Kids born into the top 1% of income have a 1 in 4 chance of getting into elite schools.
Kids born in the bottom 20%, it goes to a 1 in 300 chance.
That's not a gap.
That is a chasm.
Yeah, and test prep is just one piece of it.
Rich parents also have legacy admissions, fancy extracurriculars, and expensive sports.
My kid plays lacrosse at a private club with professional coaches.
Your kid plays pickup basketball at the park.
Guess whose extracurriculars look better on paper?
That's the argument some people make, though.
And it's why a growing number of schools are going test optional.
So they're recognizing that the entire system is skewed.
Do you think the universities there made any changes knowing all this?
I doubt it.
Yeah, I don't think they did.
They weigh it differently when they're looking at applications.