<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: underpand</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=underpand</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:37:57 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=underpand" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by underpand in "MIT suspending SAT/ACT requirement for next application cycle"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It's low compared to some base rates.<p>60% of 750 - 800 math SAT scorers are Asian<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ccf_20170201_reeves_2.png?w=768&crop=0%2C0px%2C100%2C9999px&ssl=1" rel="nofollow">https://i0.wp.com/www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/...</a><p>I looked through the list of USAMO finalists in recent years and > 80% have Asian surnames.</p>
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<p>>  I would challenge if ACT/SAT is much about pure intellectual merit, considering how much one can boost their score with dedicated tutors and so on, but I digress. How to show intellectual merit other than standardized tests without relying on rich parents:<p>I don't think the difference between dedicated tutors and individual studying with Khan Academy is a large difference. The majority of low scorers score low because they're either lower on the intelligence scale or didn't spend time individually studying.</p>
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<p>The Math SAT is mostly straight out of the standard math curriculum. The subject tests are similar.</p>
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<p>This was downvoted because it's a disingenuous reply. Obviously, OP was not arguing that SAT can't be gamed.</p>
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<p>This is a baseless generalization of men. Men are not an obstacle to a 32 hour work week.</p>
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<p>This conversation seems to be geared towards upper middle class, dual income professionals that usually have $150,000+ household income. It's difficult for me to sympathize and see these issues as more than entitlement.<p>First, since household income is a combination of the mother and father's incomes, women still have the same household income and spending power as men. The remaining complaint is worse work fulfillment for women. I don't think people are entitled to work fulfillment. It's a minor issue in my eyes. There are advantages and drawbacks to this issue. While mothers have a more difficult time with work fulfillment and climbing the corporate ladder, mothers also have an easier time avoiding the corporate environment and work pressure. Women who don't find fulfillment at work can more easily not work than the equivalent men.<p>Second, ignoring gender and seeing this from a gender-neutral parent perspective, many of these upper middle class parents are lamenting the tradeoff between living an upper middle class lifestyle and being parents. I don't think there is a problem when upper middle class parents have to downgrade their living standards when becoming parents. I don't think people are entitled to an upper middle class lifestyle.</p>
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<p>> Why ask these questions only as they relate to women and motherhood? Why haven't men being presented a false promise that value and purpose is derived from work?<p>Men aren't presented with this false promise. Men are influenced to work through negative reinforcement. A man who doesn't have a career is judged harshly, much more so than women, by society and has a difficult time dating and finding a partner.<p>Men also have a higher economic need to work. Women have much higher social mobility, so women are less economically motivated to work. A low income man will stay poor unless he works himself out of his social class. A low income woman can much more easily marry a man with higher income than her to propel her social class and household income up.<p>Women are more often presented with the positive reinforcement of value and purpose from work because women deal with less negative reinforcement when not working.</p>
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<p>I'm disappointed that they didn't look at the very obvious input into insurance risk models: crime rate.<p>It's very dishonest since it's very obvious. Either complete incompetence or dishonesty.</p>
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<p>> any kind of supplements/protein powder/etc.<p>The severity is bad if counterfeit but isn't this unlikely to happen because anything edible can't be commingled?</p>
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<p>GPA is already scaled based on income because poor schools give higher GPAs for the same level of knowledge and skill. The study is useless.</p>
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<p>> And those expensive prep courses had the potential to increase scores over 100 points.<p>As compared with self-studying with free online practice tests and resources having the potential to increase scores over 100 points.</p>
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<p>It's hard enough such that schools have to lower their SAT standards to accept underrepresented minorities.<p>Otherwise, for non-URMs, the top schools do agree with you. SAT (and school GPA) are usually used in threshold-y way with other factors mattering more.</p>
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<p>How long would the report be if you have your profile privacy on lockdown? ie. all public profiles are private and you don't reuse usernames<p>Are they able to do more nefarious things like use fingerprint/IP/device history to connect random accounts together?</p>
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<p>Do banks actually buy location data from carriers?</p>
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<p>Yes, there are a lot of malicious actors that actually sell  data (apps, browser extensions, phone carriers, potentially ISPs, finance companies, etc.). Many of these actors even sell un-anonymized data. The big tech companies are very low on the totem pole of badness and will continue to stay that way for a long time because the incentives don't align for them to actually sell data.</p>
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<p>Wouldn't you want people who care enough about their career to cram? That itself is a good signal. Cramming algorithms problems is difficult and succeeding shows grit. It also selects against sociopaths who BS their way through subjective personality interviews.</p>
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<p>That comes with some trade-offs.<p>1. Having a spouse who does not have the cultural knowledge, similar interests, empathy or language skills to communicate with your family is an issue. Her choice to date a white man is in a sense a rejection of her own family.<p>2. She herself may not have the same experiences, mindsets and interests to be able to really connect with her spouse if the relationship is driven by her attempt to run away from the expectations of her family.<p>3. A white man and his family/friends have a higher chance of being racist and insensitive to race issues. Weirdly enough, it does not seem like racist beliefs and white supremacy preclude white men from dating Asian women or Asian women from reciprocating interest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/06/opinion/sunday/alt-right-asian-fetish.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/06/opinion/sunday/alt-right-...</a></p>
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<p>Counter example: Latino men tend to be short and date out at a similar rate to Latina women.</p>
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