Parents, what do you think of LSE's entrance examinations? (samples provided)

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<p><a href=“http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/undergraduateAdmissions/news/entrance_exam.htm[/url]”>http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/undergraduateAdmissions/news/entrance_exam.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Are they a better assessment of academic readiness than the ACTs/SATs?</p>

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<p>I think readers of The Economist would do well on this exam.</p>

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<p>I was surprised there were no comments on this. It was an interesting exam. I particularly thought that the request to summarize a long essay into 150 words was interesting. Not something I’ve ever had to do before. I wondered if this was a common assignment in British schools. I also thought the one word essay topics was an interesting idea. I liked it a lot better than the SAT questions.</p>

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<p>I think the summarizing is quite common assignment and is often in English test under the British education system. There is a special term for it but I forget what it is.</p>

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<p>If my memory serves me well, Its been 30+ years! the term is call a precise (pronounced PRAY-SEE). I cannot recall the excact spelling.</p>

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<p>It’s a pr</p>

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<p>It’s a pr</p>

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<p>I didn’t look because I am cluesless as to what LSE is and still don’t know even after looking at link</p>

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<p>It’s the London School of Economics (and Political Science). The almighty wiki has an article if you’re interested: <a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_School_of_Economics[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_School_of_Economics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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It’s a pr</p>

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<p>Not to hijack the thread, but I always just type the word in Word. The accent’s added, and then I do a copy paste onto CC. :)</p>

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Cheater! ;)</p>