I never wrote the SAT, but my experience with the LSAT destroyed any respect I might have had for standardized testing. I wrote lots of practice exams and did okay but probably not well enough to get me in to school. When I wrote the actual exam, I ran out of time and just guessed for a bunch of questions, filling out scantron bubbles basically at random. I did significantly better than on any of the practice exams and now live with the lingering suspicion that my education and subsequent career are based entirely on me being very, very lucky on a single day more than a decade ago.
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The only think better than being at the back of the short line is the being at the front.
The only thing better than being at the front of the short line is skipping it.
The only thing better than skipping the short line…
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I got into Costco on merit.
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I had to bribe them.
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Hey hey, Dartmouth was founded for Native Americans.
England got three letters from the same teacher describing different applicants as “the most exceptional student I’ve taught in 25 years”
Wow, amazing! The only way that works is if that teacher’s students were constantly improving over the students of previous years! That’s so remarkab… “in the space of two years”… oh, uh, never mind.
It makes sense from the perspective of an individual mediocre white male: They are likely going to be the second largest group of applicants (behind mediocre white females, who have virtually no chance). So, even if the standards are much lower for white males, it is still highly competitive within that group, with essentially nothing to differentiate one mediocre white male from another.
with essentially nothing to differentiate one mediocre white male from another
I’m gaining a new appreciation for the female Tinder experience
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True in the states as well, from my experience.
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