SAT Scores at High Schools

When the College Board announced the creation of an SAT Adversity Score, we declared both on the pages of our college admissions blog and in the press that it would be eliminated in short order. Within just a couple of months, the short-lived SAT Adversity Score was no more as … 

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The End of the SAT Adversity Score

As loyal readers of our college admissions blog know all too well, we’ve got a crystal ball at Ivy Coach. Its readings are highly accurate. Our crystal ball can predict if a student has no chance of admission to Harvard — even if the student’s mom and dad believe an … 

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The Ridiculous SAT Adversity Score

As we’ve previously reported, The College Board, the maker of the SAT, unveiled a new “Adversity Score” that will essentially contextualize a student’s SAT score based on the socioeconomic adversity the organization feels the student has faced growing up. While College Board makes it seem like they’re doing students a … 

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SAT Adversity Score

The College Board will now be weighing in on a test-taker’s social and economic background. As reports Douglas Belkin for The Wall Street Journal in a piece entitled “SAT to Give Students ‘Adversity Score’ to Capture Social and Economic Background,” “The new number, called an adversity score by college admissions … 

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