On: SAT to Add ‘Adversity Score’ That Rates Students’ Hardships

[Wowfunhappy]

Yeah. I'm very much in favor of affirmative action and similar measures, but this really seems like the wrong place for it.

This move feels almost as though it was intended to stir up unnecessary controversy.

[jedberg → Wowfunhappy]

> This move feels almost as though it was intended to stir up unnecessary controversy.

I mean probably not, otherwise they would let the students see the scores.

I think it was put there to help the elite colleges defeat the lawsuits against them by being able to say, "see, we used an objective measure of hardship from a third party!".

[dsfyu404ed → Wowfunhappy]

>This move feels almost as though it was intended to stir up unnecessary controversy.

"Adversity score" is precariously close to "diversity score" which would certainly store up controversy.