Posted on 02/07/2024 8:21:56 AM PST by Twotone
That’s not the topic of discussion. The question is how valuable the SAT is for admissions. If Harvard were about having the academically strongest class possible, they’d have more Asian students now, just as they’d have had more Jewish students 100 years ago.
“If you get straight 800s on the SAT, 36s on the ACT and 528 on the MCAT you have some ability and a higher than average likelihood of being successful in college.
I guarantee it.”
Agreed
But that’s not my point
“Started UCSD in Jan 1974. Graduated in June 1976”
Not for nothin’, but what did you pay for your education?
Tuition at many schools today is more than the cost of my first house.
Parking sticker was $46/year. Registration was $212 per quarter...flat rate. I took 18 to 22 units every quarter (Fall/Winter/Spring). Typically another 16 units during the Summer quarter. Books ran about $100/quarter. I sold back those I didn't want to keep. The keepers were math/chemistry/physics/biology. The "humanities" dreck was promptly sold back. I did have the cost of commuting from Chula Vista to La Jolla M-F. Regular gas was 30 cents per gallon. About a 60 mile round trip. On campus by 7 AM. Returning home by 8:30 PM on most night. Sometimes labs extended the day to 11 PM. An ounce of gold sold for $35 when I started and $120/oz by graduation day. Scale your present day costs against that.
You might wonder how I pulled off 22 units without being called on the carpet by the Provost office. Easy. I took some of the psychology courses via the evening extension and transferred them at the end of the quarter. The Provost Office never saw more than 18 units enrolled in a given quarter. I did have a conflict ONCE. The physiological psychology final and developmental psychology final were scheduled the same day, same time. I notified both profs. Since the physiological exam was multiple choice, I did that first and blew through the exam in 15 minutes...zero mistakes. The developmental one was all essay. It took an hour to do that one after arrival. It wasn't a hazard free arrangement, but it worked out. It came with some exercise too as the physiological exam was on the Muir campus and developmental on the Matthews campus. About a 300 yard separation.
I had to ask Siri how to spell ACT and SAT....
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