The simple answer is ‘yes’, but it’s more complicated than that.
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I stumbled upon an interesting analysis…
According to Daniel Friedman posting on Quillette.com:
There is a statistically significant relationship between family income and SAT scores.
Let’s drill down on the numbers…
In a prior post, I opined that an applicant to an elite college is “qualified” to attend that college if they have sufficient smarts and dedication to learning that it is reasonable to expect that they can successfully complete the coursework that’s required to earn a degree.
If you buy that definition, then many (maybe most) of rejected applicants are qualified … but get rejected because there aren’t enough slots to accommodate all of them.
Which raises another question: is there certainty that the most qualified students get offered admission?
Or, the more pertinent question: Are Lori’s daughters “qualified” to attend USC?
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I hate to pick on Lori Loughlin’s daughters (<=not really) but, in the recent college admissions scandal, they’re the only kids who have been outted (in detail) by the media … and, let’s be honest, they are easy targets.
Evidence re: smart or dumb is scant – i.e. IQ or legit SAT scores haven’t been reported – but there are a couple of data points:
So, it seems reasonable to conclude that the girls aren’t the sharpest knives in the drawer.
Does that mean that they aren’t “qualified” to attend USC?
That’s a trickier question…
Just make sure that your parents went to college.
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Earlier this week we posted about how Asian-American students are being admitted to selective elite high schools at increasingly high rates.
Why?
Because they are academic achievers.
Why?
In part because Asian-American parents place a high priority on education, drive their children to excel (especially in STEM academics) and provide their kids with extensive extracurricular learning experiences.
And, oh yeah, they’ve probably gone to college … providing good role modeling and ready tutoring capabilities.
To that point …
The College Board published a “Total Group Profile Report” for recent college-bound seniors …
One set of numbers caught my eye:
SAT scores by the student’s parents level of educational attainment.
Note that about 2/3’s of the college-bound seniors taking the SAT came from homes with a degreed parent – either associate, bachelor or graduate.
Only about 1/3 came from homes with parents having only a high school education or less.
And, the performance differentials are substantial between the groups …
The College Board publishes a “Total Group Profile Report” for college-bound seniors.
Browsing it, a couple of sets of numbers caught my eye ….
Let’s start with math scores/
Two big takeaways:
(1) The gap between boys and girls narrowed from the 40 point difference in the 1970s to about 25 points … but has remained fairly constant at that level for about the past 20 years
(2) Scores for both boys and girls have been falling for the past dozen years or so.
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OK, boys outscore girls in math, but girls do better on the verbal part of the SATs, right?
While I was beaching, my MBA alma mater – the University of Chicago recently announced that it will no longer require its American undergraduate applicants to submit ACT or SAT scores.
“The new policy is meant to help even the playing field for students coming from low-income and underrepresented communities.”
The intent is certainly commendable, but the policy strikes me as problematic…
Just make sure that your parents went to college.
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The College Board has just released it’s “Total Group Profile Report” for recent college-bound seniors …
One set of numbers caught my eye:
SAT scores by the student’s parents level of educational attainment.
Note that about 2/3’s of the college-bound seniors taking the SAT came from homes with a degreed parent – either associate, bachelor or graduate.
Only about 1/3 came from homes with parents having only a high school education or less.
And, the performance differentials are substantial between the groups …
The College Board has just released it’s “Total Group Profile Report” for college-bound seniors.
A couple of sets of numbers caught my eye ….
Let’s start with math scores/
Two big takeaways:
(1) The gap between boys and girls narrowed from the 40 point difference in the 1970s to about 25 points … but has remained fairly constant at that level for about the past 20 years
(2) Scores for both boys and girls have been falling for the past dozen years or so.
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OK, boys outscore girls in math, but girls do better on the verbal part of the SATs, right?
Just make sure that your parents went to college.
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The College Board publishes a “Total Group Profile Report” on college-bound seniors …
One set of numbers caught my eye:
SAT scores by the student’s parents level of educational attainment.
Note that about 2/3’s of the college-bound seniors taking the SAT came from homes with a degreed parent – either associate, bachelor or graduate.
Only about 1/3 came from homes with parents having only a high school education or less.
And, the performance differentials are substantial between the groups …
The College Board publishes a “Total Group Profile Report” college-bound seniors.
A couple of sets of numbers caught my eye ….
Let’s start with math scores/
Two big takeaways:
(1) The gap between boys and girls narrowed from the 40 point difference in the 1970s to about 25 points … but has remained fairly constant at that level for about the past 20 years
(2) Scores for both boys and girls have been falling for the past dozen years or so.
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OK, boys outscore girls in math, but girls do better on the verbal part of the SATs, right?
Just make sure that your parents went to college.
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The College Board has just released it’s “Total Group Profile Report” for 2016 college-bound seniors …
One set of numbers caught my eye:
SAT scores by the student’s parents level of educational attainment.
Note that about 2/3’s of the college-bound seniors taking the SAT came from homes with a degreed parent – either associate, bachelor or graduate.
Only about 1/3 came from homes with parents having only a high school education or less.
And, the performance differentials are substantial between the groups …
The College Board has just released it’s “Total Group Profile Report” for 2016 college-bound seniors.
A couple of sets of numbers caught my eye ….
Let’s start with math scores/
Two big takeaways:
(1) The gap between boys and girls narrowed from the 40 point difference in the 1970s to about 25 points … but has remained fairly constant at that level for about the past 20 years
(2) Scores for both boys and girls have been falling for the past dozen years or so.
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OK, boys outscore girls in math, but girls do better on the verbal part of the SATs, right?
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