The SAT folks took the easy way out on the so called “Adversity Score” proposal. After announcing the plan to come up with a simple tool to help evaluate admissions candidates, the College Board caved to criticism and dropped the idea.
In this analytical age, where data beats out humanity, maybe this is a thing that should be celebrated. Yes, we’re not just a number. We’re human. We’re living beings capable of growth.
Then again, if that were the case, let’s get rid of the SAT itself.
Of course, the SAT won’t do that. SATs are a number everyone agrees to love and hate. Easier just to rid ourselves of progressive places like Hampshire College.
But an “Adversity Score”? Too many numbers.
People must have been afraid a new tool might help admissions folks see the obvious more clearly.
Or establish a new metric that might ultimately be too restrictive or revealing, or both.
