Same could be said for POTUS’s kids or Bill Gates’ kids.
In ALL cases where the applicant also has a Nobel Prize in hand, I think the SAT should be waived. That’s my position and I’ll stick to it, slippery slope for academic standards or not.
The SAT is not solely useful for admitting a certain student. They are also used to measure the composition of a student body. A school with a 1400
25th percentile M+CR SAT is going to have a different student body with a 800 25th percentile M+CR SAT.
@sorghum, you may do whatever you want when you found your own university.
I mention Malala’s GCSE results because I think they are indicative of her academic strength. Fretting that she would not get a high enough score on the SATs to get into any American university she wanted to attend is misplaced, in my opinion.
If, contrary to my expectations, she does want to go to an American university, then she probably will take the SATs. I think she will certainly take A levels. I expect her to be offered admission to British universities contingent on a set of A level results (after an interview), and perhaps a supplemental test, as is their practice.
I will go way out on a limb here, and say that for any applicant who has already won the Nobel Prize, Stanford ought to accept high scores on the Gaokao or the Studentprof in lieu of the SAT. This situation is extremely unlikely to come up in practice.
She should also get merit money and a single suite.
@QuantMech, I think most of us understand what she will do if she cares to attend an American uni.
Yet I don’t see anyone asking you what you thought she would do.
The questions I did ask you, you did not answer (again). Do you think that it would be silly or ridiculous for Stanford to require the SAT of someone who does terrifically in the Chinese Gaokao? What about the Studentprof?
Yes, PurpleTitan, if someone has already won the Nobel Prize, and has done terrifically in the Gaokao or the Studentprof, I do think it would be silly for Stanford to require the SAT of that person. We could return to this topic if there is ever an instance where it is applicable.
@QuantMech, would you say the same of Oxbridge? Say she’s American but doesn’t meet their criteria for Americans. Doesn’t take one of their required special tests. Should she still get in?
Actually, Oxbridge is very flexible, so it wouldn’t be an issue. Anything can and would be waived. The special tests are for entry to specific major, such as classics, that require considerable prior knowledge (Latin and Greek). For such a high profile case, I bet the relevant professor would be assigned to phone her up for a chat, to make sure she had the requisite technical background. Otherwise a subject less dependent on prior knowledge would be suggested.
Having a degree is not even absolutely required for admission to a doctoral program.
@sorghum, examples, please.
Other than adult non-traditional candidates, I am not aware of many examples of that vaunted flexibility in undergrad programs.
Well, they let in Prince Charles without very good exam results.
“Curing cancer and/or winning a Nobel Prize could be considered worthy of exemption.”
-SAT a silly easy test, why to exempt somebody with such accomplishments who can nail such a test with min. efforts. Why even waste time discussing that?
^Because we want to worship heroes? There’s something enslaving about it.