Adversity in College Applications

     Jacob McMakin.      https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2019/05/20/college-board-will-add-adversity-score-everyone-taking-sat

        Everyone faces different struggles in life, and how a child has grown up can drastically change the way they learn.  A new SAT Adversity index has already been used in 50 colleges around the country, and by 2020, SAT is hoping for a full sweep of America.  The index will take into account the wealth, crime rate, and other socioeconomic factors of the child’s high school.  More personal factors will also be taken into account, such as 1/2 parent household, death of a guardian, traumatic events, median family income, and other factors.  The score will be determined out of 100 with a formula, and taken into account for the SAT score.
     Advocates hope this will replace the already used Affirmative Action standards which has been criticized for using “racial quotas” in school.  Some say it will give collages a broader sense of a child’s potential, and help not affect the already affluent children apart of the American Bourgeois.    This has already helped expose the overwhelming amount of black and latinx student who score significantly higher on the index than those of Anglo decent.  Due to years of systematic oppression, even after desegregation.  De Facto segregation still is in place today, with many smart kids not able to receive the equal opportunities as others of different economic, or domestic backgrounds.