<p>"“Considering that recommendations depend as much on a student’s desire…”</p>
<p>you cant succeed in college or in life without desire, so thats a good thing if it weeds out the kids not dedicated to success"</p>
<p>Yay for selective quoting!</p>
<p>“the sat is a much smaller packet. and it doesnt take skill in science, history, or foreign language into account, nor do they tell you the kinds of questions the student struggled with or send out the essay.”</p>
<p>Uh, that’s not what you were talking about. In post #196, you were talking about intelligence. Now you’re talking about skill in science, history, or foreign language. Stop shifting the goalposts to suit your rapidly crumbling ‘argument.’</p>
<p>“im from a very affluent family and community and i dont know anyone who that applies to, thats a ridiculous stereotype and im sure you know that”
<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/02/nyregion/02essay.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/02/nyregion/02essay.html</a>
[Controversy</a> Over College Application Essay Sites](<a href=“Controversy Over College Application Essay Sites”>Controversy Over College Application Essay Sites)
I can link you to 10 more articles about this phenomenon. That’s besides the point though. Most rich kids don’t cheat (or so I hope.) They have the opportunity to do it, though, which they do not on the SAT (or at least it is much more difficult.)</p>
<p>“thats what english teachers are for”</p>
<p>Because the English teacher at Podunk High is likely to be as good as the English teacher at Phillips-Andover or have as much time to edit it. Okay, sure…</p>
<p>“1) then it also would not necessarily result in good test scores
2) if you dont have the skills and/or desire necessary to be successful in high school how on earth can you expect to convince anyone you will be in college”</p>
<p>1) Yes, except peer-reviewed research shows that SAT scores correlates very well with IQ. So nice try, but no.
2) If you would try reading anything I said in this thread, you wouldn’t be asking that question. </p>
<p>“well thats true… i dont know how you expect me to force you to believe it, but i suppose you can contact usc if youd like.”</p>
<p>You can’t. But if you’re actually trying to make a serious argument so you’re not laughed at, you’d want to cite some data, like this:</p>
<p>[Coaching</a> and the SAT I](<a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/data-reports-research/cb/coaching-and-sat]Coaching”>Higher Education Professionals | College Board)</p>
<p>But anecdotes that nobody believes are good too!</p>