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In reply to the discussion: I just read the College Scandal Indictments - I know 6 people on that list charged and 2 are parents [View all]MineralMan
(146,288 posts)I took the SAT in 1962, as a junior in HS. No prep. No nothing. I just showed up on test day, having paid my fees in advance, and took the test. The next year, I applied to three schools, including Cal Tech and a couple of CA State Colleges. I got accepted to all three, but my parents explained that they couldn't afford to send me to Cal Tech, so I picked one of the state colleges.
The thing that was different was that there was no sense of pressure on me, or any of my classmates in my small town high school. Nobody was fretting about scores or anything like that. It was just a long test on a Saturday morning. Not parents, not school advisors. Nobody. So, I went off to my school, with a major in Electronics Engineering. I dropped out in my Sophomore year and took a 4 year hiatus, and then returned to that same school as a returning student, but as an English major. No sweat, no strain, no stress.
It sure doesn't seem to be that way any more, does it? Sad business, what happened, I think. I feel terrible for the student, who now knows something unpleasant.