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NABC wants SAT and ACT eliminated as an eligibility requirement for college players
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<blockquote data-quote="IlliniKat91" data-source="post: 1544434" data-attributes="member: 9133"><p>It's not. It's being discussed re: athletes here, but this is for all incoming college students. </p><p></p><p>The reason it isn't ridiculous is that it requires admissions to really consider a student's entire experience - classes taken, hardships, how they've met those challenges - and translate them to potential success in college. My 3 ACT sittings didn't do spit to prep me for Illinois; my heavy course load, working part time, and being involved in activities did a lot more to teach me the time management, study, and interpersonal skills needed to be successful in college.</p><p></p><p>That's what they're looking for and that's why more and more schools are moving away from that requirement. </p><p></p><p>That being said, we're not done with standardized testing and colleges. They'll still be used to determine institutional aid (scholarships and grants coming from the school, not the government) for non-athletes and will still be considered if submitted. They're just not the end-all, be-all they we were made to believe they were. </p><p></p><p>It's a good thing for education overall since it'll mean students with actual skills and not just the ability to test well will get in where they deserve to be, and students who don't test well but busted their butts to prepare for university will be given fair consideration.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IlliniKat91, post: 1544434, member: 9133"] It's not. It's being discussed re: athletes here, but this is for all incoming college students. The reason it isn't ridiculous is that it requires admissions to really consider a student's entire experience - classes taken, hardships, how they've met those challenges - and translate them to potential success in college. My 3 ACT sittings didn't do spit to prep me for Illinois; my heavy course load, working part time, and being involved in activities did a lot more to teach me the time management, study, and interpersonal skills needed to be successful in college. That's what they're looking for and that's why more and more schools are moving away from that requirement. That being said, we're not done with standardized testing and colleges. They'll still be used to determine institutional aid (scholarships and grants coming from the school, not the government) for non-athletes and will still be considered if submitted. They're just not the end-all, be-all they we were made to believe they were. It's a good thing for education overall since it'll mean students with actual skills and not just the ability to test well will get in where they deserve to be, and students who don't test well but busted their butts to prepare for university will be given fair consideration. [/QUOTE]
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