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Originally Posted by Low D Flat
Of course not -- no more or less than the GPA. The PNMs voluntarily share that info with Panhellenic when they want to rush. Any student has the right to waive FERPA. We're not talking about putting their ACTs on their name tags.
The U of Iowa gives admissions decisions within two business days based on a transcript and ACT. It's a single page of data. You'd only need to glance at them to locate the PNMs whose GPAs understate their academic potential. Is it that different from looking at a rec?
I know it's time-consuming work. I just think there's a perverse incentive to PNMs to coast in HS if they know the GPA is all that matters. No college freshman should feel (accurately, in this case) that she's hurt herself by doing harder work in HS. If there has to be a single equalizer, using the ACT would come closer to being fair; it's actually the same test given in every high school.
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Working at a high school, I can tell you that I see many high ACT-scoring students who are lazy and aren't successful, and others that aren't great standardized test takers but are some of our most successful students and leaders. So, I don't think an ACT score would be a great equalizer.
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