http://www.educatednation.com/2008/10/07/college-admissions-testing-for-and-against/ A higher education blog about news, humor, advice, and opinion on education, college degrees, university life and careers. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:03:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.educatednation.com/2008/10/07/college-admissions-testing-for-and-against/comment-page-1/#comment-125141 Educated Nation--"Rethinking Admissions" | Educated Nation | Higher Education Blog Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:05:47 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/2008/10/07/college-admissions-testing-for-and-against/#comment-125141 [...] College Admissions Testing: For and Against “College Panel Calls for Less Focus on SATs” The SAT Is Not Good Wake Forest University Drops SAT Requirement An Excellent Argument for Abolishing the SAT The Newly Unfabulous SAT Awesome Parent Testing Season Begins [...] [...] College Admissions Testing: For and Against “College Panel Calls for Less Focus on SATs” The SAT Is Not Good Wake Forest University Drops SAT Requirement An Excellent Argument for Abolishing the SAT The Newly Unfabulous SAT Awesome Parent Testing Season Begins [...]

]]> http://www.educatednation.com/2008/10/07/college-admissions-testing-for-and-against/comment-page-1/#comment-124857 Simple Country Physicist Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:18:44 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/2008/10/07/college-admissions-testing-for-and-against/#comment-124857 Based on experience on both sides of the podium and as supervisor/manager/selection official, I would offer that the student who gets predominantly A's is either going to continue to do so in college or fail ignominiously in freshman year. Students who settle for a mixture of B's and C's will do so in college if they persevere and end up being the cannon fodder of trained society. Having said that, few of the skills one learns in high school academia transfer to college. A major aspect of success in college and work space are adaptability and perseverance. The former tends to be found in the A students, the latter in the C students. Based on experience on both sides of the podium and as supervisor/manager/selection official, I would offer that the student who gets predominantly A’s is either going to continue to do so in college or fail ignominiously in freshman year. Students who settle for a mixture of B’s and C’s will do so in college if they persevere and end up being the cannon fodder of trained society.
Having said that, few of the skills one learns in high school academia transfer to college. A major aspect of success in college and work space are adaptability and perseverance. The former tends to be found in the A students, the latter in the C students.

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