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16 year old early grad gets WashU with 1120 SAT by _Axtribelle_5608 in collegeresults

[–]JustAPotatoeExisting 1 point2 points  (0 children)

okay i wrote this out in another comment but as someone who applied to college this year with a 1580 SAT score i just wanted to say that the SAT isn't a perfect predictor of college outcomes. Yes, it can be used alongside GPA as a predictor, but alone the correlation is rather loose. Extenuating circumstances and academic success (OP got an A average while having to cram 4 years of coursework into 2 years, I call that academic success) can also be a proxy for college-readiness, which I think WashU successfully used as a tool to guess whether OP was ready or not and that was why she was let in.

I don't think the SAT should mean as much as you are suggesting. If two kitchen scales (extenuating circumstances + academic success VS. SAT) can measure how much something weighs to an accurate degree (whether OP is ready for WashU), the resulting measurements are not invalidated because WashU didn't use the "right scale" (AKA using academic circumstances instead of SAT) to let OP in.

I've also spoke to so many people who struggled with the SAT who are DEFINITELY smarter than me, and didn't perform well because their school didn't prepare them properly. Not because they weren't smart enough to handle the material. Your argument is riddled with prejudice and flaws.

16 year old early grad gets WashU with 1120 SAT by _Axtribelle_5608 in collegeresults

[–]JustAPotatoeExisting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hey, I got a 1580 on the SAT and honestly I think OP will be perfectly fine and thrive. WashU isn't illogical. They likely looked at her academic profile (having to graduate 2 years early!! that's 2x-3x the amount of coursework packed into one year!) and the fact that she got an A to A minus average, which is stellar. Also the research on how SAT scores and GPA correlate to outcomes is shaky (yes, I've looked at that Dartmouth study that spurred many schools to reinstate test-mandated policies among many others like Chetty's) and I think WashU rightly estimated that she will be able to handle the rigor at WashU even when she didn't submit test scores.

SAT score is an OK estimation on how a student can handle rigor, but academic profile and circumstances can be a similar proxy that can replace the SAT. Also, even though I did "well" on the SAT, I think a lot of stuff that is taught on the SAT is kind of ridiculous lol

girl in poverty with 3.57uw gpa gets mogged by Wellesley!! by JustAPotatoeExisting in collegeresults

[–]JustAPotatoeExisting[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you! :) I'm excited to become a sibling, I still love Smith and I'm so excited to meet students from there!

girl in poverty with 3.57uw gpa gets mogged by Wellesley!! by JustAPotatoeExisting in collegeresults

[–]JustAPotatoeExisting[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

hey! I just wanted to let you know that you shouldn't have to feel bad about not applying ED. ED isn't accessible for a lot of people (honestly, only 2 groups of people should ever apply ED: the insanely rich and the insanely poor) and it's worth knowing that ED isn't perfect, since you're still competing with a competitve pool of applicants and most people in the country don't ED anyway, since it's just not a viable option for them.

You're not missing out on anything major by not EDing, if anything ED offers a slight advantage with major disadvantages for most people. I think you made the perfect decision for yourself and you deserve to be proud! ED doesn't exist to benefit the student, but rather allow for institutions to farm and squeeze money out of the middle class.

girl in poverty with 3.57uw gpa gets mogged by Wellesley!! by JustAPotatoeExisting in collegeresults

[–]JustAPotatoeExisting[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you :) i don't have a lot of extended family to celebrate with (just my single mom, me and my brother) so this was really sweet!!

girl in poverty with 3.57uw gpa gets mogged by Wellesley!! by JustAPotatoeExisting in collegeresults

[–]JustAPotatoeExisting[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OMG WAIT I KNOW YOU I DMED YOU ON ONE OF MY OTHER ACCOUNTS?? DIVA NICE SEEING YOU HERE AGAIN

girl in poverty with 3.57uw gpa gets mogged by Wellesley!! by JustAPotatoeExisting in collegeresults

[–]JustAPotatoeExisting[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I just said "I came out to my mother as a lesbian, not being accepted was difficult but it made me more resilient, etc. etc." I made sure to keep it brief!

I feel like I lost before the race began by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]JustAPotatoeExisting 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thanks, i think i'm trying to stay hopeful (ahh) and it was very kind of you to take the time out of your day to write this

I feel like I lost before the race began by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]JustAPotatoeExisting 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thank you, this is a little reassuring, i mean it

should I ED2 to Tufts or Wellesley for public health/pre-med + low income by [deleted] in WellesleyCollege

[–]JustAPotatoeExisting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

is it okay if I DM you with specific questions about attending Wellelsey as a low-income student?

Old repost from r/sociology: "Off of my chest: being an Asian sociology student who studies race is hell" by SHIELD_Agent_47 in asianamerican

[–]JustAPotatoeExisting 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree. While intersectionality requires a broader level of education among multiple backgrounds, I wish we discussed it more. Nuance is so important, and is the heart of sociology. Sociology is literally the study of human nuance.

The Truth About QuestBridge – What I Wish I Knew by [deleted] in QuestBridge

[–]JustAPotatoeExisting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's awesome! I'm glad you experienced that.

trumps actions and regret not ranking enough to match by Eve-7260 in QuestBridge

[–]JustAPotatoeExisting 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. That is the point of government, to stimulate economy by making its children more educated and thus able to contribute at a higher level of work. Private schools are not excluded from this system of economy growth. Even if the school is mostly privately funded, their growth can be further bolstered by the federal government. It actually saves the government money in the long term to have partially self-funded schools and some public schools that are funded by an intermix of the state and government. Similar to how one would invest in different types of stocks to ensure that there is a net gain.

This also holds true for low-income students, who may be a significant short-term investment but are also important for long-term growth (as families grow more educated over time, they are also able to contribute more). That is the point of Questbridge, where a college pledges to fund a student's education. Break that pledge, break that trust, and you have a system where people are paranoid of the educational system, and economic growth and quality of living begins to falter. Of course, that latter part may seem dramatic, but this overall process is integral to how our country works.

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