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the SAT does not have to be fair test for it to be a useful test as long as you’re getting more qualified applications than you need, it’s okay to have false negatives the SAT is prefiltering, so you can run a more rigorous, expensive review for the remaining
the fact is you need employees who will get any job done, not just theoretically because they’re smart enough, but even when it involves dumb grunt work as for the ones unwilling to do that, they can go be entreprenurial or something
same with colleges: if you want students to have a high GPA, succeed in society, you want them to accept grinding at class homework, etc. unless you’re trying to get the special feather types, that won’t grind, but just do cool things (thiel fellowship, etc)
from the POV of a college not interested in societal fairness, but just . . . can this kid get 4.0 GPAs, the best indicator is whether than could already get high scores on the SAT, whether because they were rich, had tutoring, whatever—all that is likely to continue to apply
nuance: this DOES NOT mean selecting for employees/students with low initiative if your system values students who’ve shown initiatives, the grinders will start showing you initiative. started non-profit, started 2 clubs, etc. https://t.co/55F4gzVO07
people say things like ^ kinda smugly. like “those people” who are willing to grind are dumb or don’t have initiative like “you” that’s not true, they can have a ton of initiative, do lots of side projects, start clubs, etc. be remarkably competent in every way