Nornagest comments on Overcoming the negative signal of not attending college. - Less Wrong

10 Post author: James_Miller 16 February 2011 08:13PM

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Comment author: Nornagest 16 February 2011 09:18:26PM 1 point [-]

It's hard to prove that the alleged bias in the SATs contributed to an applicant's rejection when the admissions process also includes factors as subjective as an admittance committee's reaction to a personal essay. But it's much easier when the admittance criterion is the SAT or an equivalent intelligence test and nothing else.

Comment author: James_Miller 16 February 2011 09:27:36PM 1 point [-]

The Davidson Institute for Talent Development only admits children with IQ test scores in the 99.9th percentile. If they are not getting sued then my program should be safe.