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IAmBroomyesterday at 8:29 PM1 replyview on HN

You've made a much larger claim (80-90%) than the article. That is interesting. And anedata, unless you have solid evidence of your opinion.


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TuringNYCyesterday at 9:33 PM

>> You've made a much larger claim (80-90%) than the article. That is interesting. And anedata, unless you have solid evidence of your opinion.

Firstly No evidence provided and none needed as an unscientific anecdata supporting my personal shock.

- Many of these accomodations for SATs are done in high school and then it isnt required anymore, so naturally people dont ask once they have already gotten into college. The SAT used to be a singular choke point for top schools, and becomes irrelevant immediately after.

- I was speaking about SAT and the article was talking about accomodations needed for college housing and other things

1. I provided an anecdote based on friends' personal statements, not statistics based on school, you should trust the school's stats, but i'd really like to see the stats from The College Board on SAT scores, with a WHERE clause on only scores/accomodations for students going to top schools

2. I provided an anecdote that may well be wildly inaccurate being n=1

3. I entered to college in 1996, we're 29yrs off from my experience and the article

4. As I said above, accomodations in college != accomodations for SAT