Colleges drop SAT, but still buy names of high-scoring students
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Colleges from Bowdoin in Maine to Pitzer in California dropped the SAT entrance exam as a requirement, saying it favors the affluent, penalizes minorities, and doesn’t predict academic success. What they don’t advertise is that they find future students by buying names of those who do well on the test.
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The College Board and ACT Inc., both nonprofit, sell names for 33 cents apiece.