The most important factor in college admissions is a test that benefits those who are least prepared for college. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes admission benefit college
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What SAT tutoring does is it invisibly alters the admissions pool so a school could try to be as egalitarian as they can, but if a student is SAT-tutored, and their score goes up 200 points in a year, and the college admissions committee has no idea that the student got tutored, all of a sudden it's shifting the pool back toward old money. Eliot Schrefer admissionalterback share on social
Tutoring follows the lucrative philosophy of advertising: if you can manufacture a need, people with disposable resources will find ways to fill it. Eliot Schrefer advertisedisposablefill Change image and share on social
Hospice means end-of-life care. The admission ticket is a diagnosis from a doctor that you have six months or less to live. Eleanor Clift admissioncarediagnosis Change image and share on social
Having a Congress with a more diverse educational and professional background would serve the country well. And given the budget challenges facing America today, we might benefit from a few more cold, calculating problem solvers, and fewer courtroom impresarios. John Sununu americabackgroundbenefit share on social