Eventually, Carl Brigham adapted the army's IQ test for use in college admissions and Chauncey reported back to Conant about the new SAT test. ... Second, studies have been done that show that high school grades and SAT scores combined are good predictors of how well a student will do in their first semester at college. The College Board says that, across many colleges, SAT scores improve the correlation between admissions predictions and GPA realities by 10%. 10% can mean a lot to large colleges, like Berkley, that receives in excess of 40,000 applications per year. ... Finally, the...

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However, with the drainage that is occurring from the lottery that is funding the scholarship, we as Georgia residents have to face reality and set a new bar for the free College tuition handout. ... The only requirements to receive free tuition and books at a public University is a "B" average, no SAT examination scores. This may have something to do, however, with the state of Georgia being ranked 50th for average SAT scores. ... If the state of Georgia wants to score better on the exams then they must put more emphasize on them and what more of an incentive than a free ride through coll...

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The SAT I exam can be proven to be inadequate at measuring a student's academic ability in college. ... The students who can afford these programs are will most likely score higher on the SAT I exam. ... "The new SAT is intended to measure academic preparedness." ... There will be the problem of students who have the capability of learning and doing well in college but lack the instruction that they need to achieve a high score on the SAT exam. ... The new SAT I exam may be a start but is not the answer to the problem. ...

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Well, certainly every college has their image of a successful student, or rather "the" successful student. It is the student that they want to attend their college, walk down their halls and call their name alma mater. ... The student with the 4.0 GPA and the 1600 SAT scores is the best, for they have achieved the most. ... This pupil may still hold a low GPA, and may have done horribly on their SAT's as far as any descent college is concerned. ... In the often so solemn classroom learning something new brings a smile to this student's face. ...

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This statistic isn't enough evidence to support a theory for admissions, so I researched SAT scores. ... In Division 1A schools the average SAT score of a high profile athlete is 917. ... The SAT score however does not back up a Marymount University athlete. The average SAT score of a high profile athlete at a Division III University is an 1126. ... Each year a coach is allowed to give out 25 new football scholarships. ...

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This statistic isn't enough evidence to support a theory for admissions, so I researched SAT scores. ... In Division 1A schools the average SAT score of a high profile athlete is 917. ... The SAT score however does not back up a Marymount University athlete. The average SAT score of a high profile athlete at a Division III University is an 1126. ... Each year a coach is allowed to give out 25 new football scholarships. ...

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Many colleges are lowering their academic standards in order to recruit new athletes and to maintain their previous athletes eligible to play for the various sports that their schools offer. ... There were 12 NCAA violations found in these two colleges alone, and these are not the only colleges that are not playing by the NCAA's rulebook. ... When 6-foot-9-inch basketball star Kevin Ross played for Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, he didn't even know the score (Charen 420). Literally he wasn't able to interpret the score of the game, all he knew was whether his team w...

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According to a critic on affirmative action, "A college board survey, described in Andrew Hacker's Two Nations, in 1992 the average combined SAT score for black students whose parents earn more than $70,000 a year was 854, which was twenty-five points lower than the average SAT for white students whose parents earn less than $20,000 a year." ... Family incomes have less to do with SAT scores than the efforts students put into their studies. ... A projection done by the San Jose Tribune suggests that by the year 2000, white males will make up only 10% of new hires. ...

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This was my first college football game. It's nothing new, since I lived in a college town all my life and frequently went to the games. ... This prediction was proved when an Arizona player intercepted the ball on the first play of the game and scored a touchdown. ... My insight related to the college games back home. ... I had sat in the student section a few times before (illegally), but it still doesn't compare to the sense of belonging and community that this game had....

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Colleges and Universities utilize the ACT's and/or the SAT's as the most reliable and unbiased source to compare applicants. ... This will make the students college experience much more enjoyable, profitable, and worthwhile. ... Tests scores show that there is a divide in performance based on socioeconomic class. Normally, upper class students score higher than lower class. ... The government, colleges, and because students are assessed equally through the use of ACTs and SATs causes reason for standardized testing to stay obligated for students to take. ...

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I was one of those kids who was smart, but thought college just was not for me. I kept my grades high, but thought college was not for me. ... Sophomore year I continued to excel in in my education, but college was still not clear. I had no idea what SAT or ACT tests were, but certainly I heard all of my peers sharing their scores amongst themselves. ... I remember the day the AP meeting was held at the Citrus Hill theater, there I was, proving to myself that I was ready to accept new challenges. ...

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According to a journal in Student Test Scores, a Wider Gap, African-Americans score increased to 6 points in the SAT verbal and 7 points higher in math in the past 10 years. ... However, from the journal In Student Test Scores, a Wider Gap, an administrative president at Bates College, he believes "there's virtually no access to coaching and testing in some of these minority communities." ... Financially it is hard for the minorities to encourage taking the SAT without having preparation. ... Well-off students win thousands of scholarship dollars, despite their financial readiness to att...

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Attitudes towards Bilingualism: Bilingualism has been a contraversial issue, its no a new issue, it has its trace throughout history. ... By the time they apply for college, students with four or more years of foreign language study score higher on the SAT verbal section, according to the PSMLA. ... That spells jobs, "Very good jobs," says John Jarvis, associate professor of communications and culture at Robert Morris College in Pittsburgh. ... In Louisiana, students who had daily foreign language classes in elementary school scored higher on the language arts section of the state's...

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Next to my table, it sat the network engineer called Steven who took care of our computer network. ... He sat in front of our computers to run some scripts to fix the errors. That looked exactly like what I learned in my college! ... To finish the certificate, we had to pass six the courses with high score. The first course was a theory course and the concepts were so new, which I had not learned in my college at all. ...

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I think that's wrong; for example, how in the book the last shot; the author say the basketball player fail to achieve humble scores on sat's or that one of the player became homeless because he chose to play basketball or one man, tried to committee suicide because he could not play basketball any more. ... How do you know that junior college wasn't the only college afford? Now me being a college student I can speak on this matter, it's very hard for a student and costs a lot of money to go to a 4 year college and a junior college is much cheaper. ... And with the cost o...

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When intelligence is mentioned, people typically imagine books, high test scores, and Ivy league colleges. Similarly, others believe standardized test scores tell you how intelligent a person is, and your GPA is all that matters. ... Although the arts are not featured on the ACT/SAT, and they are not required school subjects, they actually require just as much thinking as math and science. ... One person may say that scientists and doctors are the the most intelligent because they find research and information that saves lives, but another might say musicians and artists are the most intellig...

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Without a high school diploma, and more recently a college degree, a person will probably never be financially independent enough to enjoy most of life's comforts. ... Some, if not most, public schools have state of the art computer labs, updated and renovated facilities, brand new uniforms for the athletic teams, and much more. ... It is believed that sending one's child to a private school will insure that they receive a better education, which in turn will result in higher test scores on the ACT and SAT. ... Statistics have proven that the average scores of public high school s...

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Other resources include libraries, museums, colleges, extension courses, park departments, churches, local businesses, mentors, private schools, and in some states, public schools. ... Recently, a number of children that are getting home schooled are from "new age" families that would like to take education into their own hands (Klugewiz 409). ... Also, home schooled children score above the 60th percentile in math, science, and verbal skills on the Stanford Achievement Test when compared to the average of other students. A study in Washington found SAT scores of home schooled children to ...

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Also, this institution creates new cutting edge knowledge in numerous areas. ... The admission requirements for ASU are very similar to any other four year college. "A student must meet one of the following: Be in the top Quarter of their class; Score a 22 on ACT or a 1040 on SAT; or have a 3.0 G.P.A." ... One last point of interest when looking into college is the campus life. ... ASU is a college that pleases the masses and constantly tries to improve itself in order to better everyone. ...

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A college basketball coach finds himself battling between his morals, integrity of the team and institution he works for. ... Ricki white young man grew up on a farm, in the south came from racist home had no interest in going to college. ... Ricki's father wants a new tractor and some cash. ... Ricki's father received a new tractor, a new car and $30,000 cash. Neon did not have any demands but was given a new Lexus and special tutoring to help improve his SAT scores. ...

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