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Is intelligence testing a useful method of measuring a person’s potential for academic achievement? Should colleges and universities base admissions more on SAT and ACT scores or high school grades and activities? What other ways might colleges and universities predict student success?

Peer Response
I believe intelligence testing it’s not useful for measuring a person’s potential for academic achievement. Because individuals with a high IQ everyone is expecting too much out of them, and which is wrong, because intelligence and emotion go all together, so if someone feels a strong desire to think, and gains a sense of emotional fulfillment from doing so, then they’ll essentially learn how to better think through practice. Likewise, if someone feels anxious or depressed when they think, their capacity to learn things cognitively will be diminished. So, in my opinion I believe intelligence testing it’s just a number, let’s not use it to define a person.

Colleges and universities should not base admissions on SAT and ACT scores, but they should base admission on high school grades and activities. Because admissions base on SAT and ACT scores it became a new artifact of privilege richer parents can spend a lot of money on these test prep courses that essentially give richer kids the advantage over disadvantaged students, and for this reason, I believe colleges and universities should base admission and predict student success base on high school and their activities.

Reference

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/learning/should-students-be-required-to-take-the-sat-and-act-to-apply-to-college.html