GPA in the age of rampant grade inflation and standardized

GPA in the age of rampant grade inflation and standardized
by FL_Irish (2019-03-18 14:20:31)

In reply to: Since the scandal broke, posted by BeijingIrish

...test scores in the age of industrial test prep are a poor, overly narrow gauge of the types of ecxellence that elite US colleges are looking for.

Elite US colleges also don’t care if you volunteered at a homeless shelter. But if you founded a nonprofit to help the homeless or conducted original research into the homeless population in your hometown, that’s probably a better indicator of the merit that matters than a grade inflated 4.0.

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What's the difference between test prep and studying? * - squid 2019-03-18 14:23:53
- Nothing, but if you’re asking me whether I want a kid who - FL_Irish 2019-03-18 14:39:15
  - I think there is a difference between prep and studying - NavyJoe 2019-03-18 14:50:12
    - I tend to agree - ufl 2019-03-18 15:00:56