Saisha Hongal, Author at The Stanford Daily

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SAT adversity score piloted by Stanford for Class of 2023 is flawed, Bay Area students say

by Saisha Hongal — August 2, 2019August 2, 2019No Comments

The adversity score — designed to contextualize applicants’ SAT scores with their socioeconomic backgrounds — has been criticized as inconsistent, and is now part of a broader debate about the merits of the SAT and standardized testing as a whole.