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From: hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
Subject: Re: High I.Q., etc.
Message-ID: <2212@ttidca.TTI.COM>
Date: 1 Apr 88 01:44:20 GMT
References: <1346@microsoft.UUCP>
Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcb.tti.com (The Polymath)
Organization: Citicorp/TTI, Santa Monica
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In article <1346@microsoft.UUCP> t-peterl@forward.UUCP (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) writes:
>... does anyone know (especially in the land of academia)
>what the popular attitude toward xxAT tests is? i.e. how important
>are these marks in getting into a reputable school. I assume that
>a _good_ (how do you measure this?) school would just glance
>at them in order to determine whether or not they differed greatly
>from the rest of the "evidence".

My SO is currently applying to USC's (generally considered a "good" school)
MSW program.  She was told the *AT tests don't matter for getting into the
program but are very important for things like grants, scholarships and
student loans.

Disclaimer:  Above is single sample anecdotal evidence about a private
             college.  Your mileage may vary.  Void where regulated or
             prohibited by law.

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