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2 COLLEGE continued fron their admissions practices. Sev arts colleges realized the same a and responded by making the 'There are now a large nu who are admitting students ju SAT]," Barrett said Tfs not th< pie make it out to be. It is, howe Adeline Lundy, assistant rector of guidance at Hammoi prep institution in Columbia, i Testing is one of those nec to go through as a society," Lu one small part of the picture. I determination of how successfi in college." Accurate prediction of a s college is the SATs main selli 5:30 p.m. worship ; PALM Center To submit datebook e please bring to Rm House room 331 fi C1 lfi r YcurQi Phone< IHlandma SPECIALI3 & ITPTi 4* 4 I FOR SALES: : SENATE PI PARK CIRCL1 BARNWELL FOR ALL YC IIDI U U g Come . studei W recently p- Califor 5 vWed.- Thurs. @ l_2 > i page 1 The sole claim for the SAT is its ca] eral smaller liberal predict first-year college performance, evei bout black students women earn higher grades than males v SAT optional. rolled in identical undergraduate courses,' mber of universities said. st fine [without the Although the best predictor of colli i necessity that pen- cess is a students academic performance ar ver, a convenience. , ,. , , T j. -j n load m high school, Lundy said, many colleg headmaster and di- the SAT very heavily in formulas to de i o?l' aco ege admission, USC, as well as other state uni ^r8eS" like the University of Georgia and Univ ^ ^ California at Los Angeles, use the studei ndy said. It is only _ QAT q _ t is not an accurate alone is going to be probability of admissioa Some believe grade inflation at the students success in high schools make it more difficult to use g ng point, however, a determining factor, though. mi at 6 p.m. "Golden Key 7 National Honor Society," E meeting room RH 309, every first Monday of the C Month 7 7 p.m. "Into the Streets" C ntries, meeting room RH 302, 3 ssell every other Monday C V C n ll k. : \ ,f >'y jj ' \ ^ Sen,01 fRAVAGA I mar ? ? mmPlM m B 13-25 T AP & f 0>NW : >/ JL#:Wit 1 U; \*r IbJl H4 jality Alternative to Bookstot orders accepted with Master" (803) 254-5330 1609 Blossom St. http://www.scsn.net/users/ba Free parking or walk from car RK RESOURCES I E SING IN THE USC AREA OWN COLUMBIA R I 799-0859 OR 888-799-0859 .AZA, WILSHIRE HOUSE a E, PLACE ON THE GREENE, fi COLONY, PLAZA CENTRE. )UR REAL ESTATE NEEDS V H iJNUTY : * see this original * it film which y won first place in J] nia ( < 8:00 in the Russell House Theater _ The Qamecock Mon parity to "Colleges are tending to rely more on si 1 though dardized tests because it's a standard they hen en- ^ i*1 these days when there's more concern at ' Barrett things like grade inflation," said Fred Mor< spokesman for the College Board, in 'The Chr cle of Hi^ier Education." Another factor clouding the issue of using id course SAT to determine college admission and college es weigh formance is its coachability. Every year, n termine students enroll in SAT preparation courses t veraties purport to raise their scores nearly ZUU poi ersity of For one student at Pennsylvania State Univen it's high the preparation course he took resulted in a 1 point difference between his first test and his ond. "I took the Princeton Review (prep course] nations it was hard work," the 19-year old sophomores jadesas 1 just knew that I was better than my firsts* indicated." p.m., Oct. 7 Alpha 5:30 p.m. psilon Delta (Pre- program f ledical Honor Society), per, spons :LS - room 211 campus m p.m.,Oct. 7 Carolina 8 p.m. Bii . 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