Oh, no! She's revealed the secret! Elizabeth Collins exposes the magic recipe for doing well on standardized admission tests. Also, that perfect 800 score thing? I did that, too.
I don't expect a sudden surge in elevated scores on the SATs, though. The best formula to do well is to simply read a lot of different books, and it turns out that is hard work for some people.
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No, this isn't a mistake-- I'm doing two quasi-polls on academic issues today, because I care what you think...
My post below elicited a lot of response. One thing to point out though, which I want to emphasize: a higher proportion of smart people go to college now than in the past. How can this be?
the results from yesterday's poll on reporting exam scores were pretty strongly divided.
Earlier this week I argued that the gender differences in cognition, while real, are not substantial enough to explain gender disparities in science.