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SAT]," Barrett said Tfs not th<
pie make it out to be. It is, howe
Adeline Lundy, assistant
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Testing is one of those nec
to go through as a society," Lu
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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
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load m high school, Lundy said, many colleg
headmaster and di- the SAT very heavily in formulas to de
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^ ^ 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
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tan- Lundy, who has worked with h
can dents for 26 years, emphasizes the
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;no' change they can bring about,
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to public opinion, y<
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pgp. the potential," Lundy said. "Hie bott
a student sets out of those courses e
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nts. While colleges and universities i
bate the use of standardized test scoi
missions practices, the makers of the
tinue to support their claim that
^ accurate predictor of collegiate succes
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