Ivy League University Ditches Standardized Testing, Will Judge an Applicant's 'Background' and 'Voic

[mystery-ak]

Standardized Testing, Will Judge an Applicant's 'Background' and 'Voice'
By Alex Parker | 9:30 AM on March 05, 2023

If you’ve lost sleep over whether you’ll get into Columbia University due to your test scores, rest easy — those no longer matter.

Online Wednesday, the school made a major announcement: It’s permanently dropping standardized testing requirements for undergraduates. Congradu-lations.

People are complex; a single factor can’t define them:

The holistic and contextual application review process for Columbia College and The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science is rooted in the belief that students are dynamic, multi-faceted individuals who cannot be defined by any single factor.

Nuance is necessary. Maybe someone bombed their SAT, but they have a university-worthy identity:

Our review is purposeful and nuanced — respecting varied backgrounds, voices and experiences — in order to best determine an applicant’s suitability for admission and ability to thrive in our curriculum and our community, and to advance access to our educational opportunities.

Be your bold and beautiful self:

We have designed our application to afford the greatest possible opportunity and flexibility for students to represent themselves fully and showcase their academic talents, interests and goals. Standardized testing is not a required component of our application.

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https://redstate.com/alexparker/2023/03/05/ivy-league-university-ditches-standardized-testing-will-judge-an-applicants-background-and-voice-n711687

[Wingnut]

Instead of a degree upon graduation, Columbia will hand out Participation certificates.

[The_Reader_David]

"Voice", eh?  Since ChatGPT can be instructed to write in different styles (I've had it write historical accounts in iambic pentameter, and in stereotypical pirate patois), that should be easy to fake.  You get a rough draft from ChatGPT that sounds like you grew up in the 'hood, then polish it a little both to make the faux African-American tone more realistic and to sound like you know something, and hey! presto! a winning Columbia admissions essay.

[Kamaji]

In other words, they've read the tea-leaves in the Supreme Court and believe that racial discrimination in college admissions will be held to be flatly illegal, so they want to preserve the right to make "subjective" decisions based on fake personal characteristics, so that they can continue to discriminate on the basis of race.

[rangerrebew]

Ivy League University Ditches Standardized Testing, Will Judge an Applicant's 'Background' and 'Voice'
By Alex Parker | 9:30 AM on March 05, 2023
 
 
If you’ve lost sleep over whether you’ll get into Columbia University due to your test scores, rest easy — those no longer matter.

Online Wednesday, the school made a major announcement: It’s permanently dropping standardized testing requirements for undergraduates. Congradu-lations.


People are complex; a single factor can’t define them:

The holistic and contextual application review process for Columbia College and The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science is rooted in the belief that students are dynamic, multi-faceted individuals who cannot be defined by any single factor.

Nuance is necessary. Maybe someone bombed their SAT, but they have a university-worthy identity:

https://redstate.com/alexparker/2023/03/05/ivy-league-university-ditches-standardized-testing-will-judge-an-applicants-background-and-voice-n711687

[rangerrebew]

I think the University of What's Happenin' Now is already doing that.

[mountaineer]

Columbia Univ. should have been named Karl Marx U. There's a long history of idiocy there.

A lack of academic standards for engineering school could prove to be risky. Will they still hand out As to kids who can't add 2+2? That should make for some interesting new bridges, airplanes, and the like.

[Free Vulcan]

Then they should lose their accreditation and status as an elite higher education institution.

[Kamaji]

It's just an excuse to allow them to continue to indulge themselves in racial discrimination, once the Supreme Court throws out academic affirmative action as unconstitutional.

[mountaineer]

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