Alexa The SAT's New Adversity Score | Alexa Flash Briefing Written by College Coach Guest Authoron May 18th, 2019 Bright Horizons College Coach occasionally features blog posts written by guest authors. You’ll find more information about each guest author in the About the Author section on the blog post. Learn More About College Coach The College Board made headlines this week with its new adversity score, which will be utilized by 150 colleges and universities this fall. The score will be calculated based on factors like neighborhood crime and poverty rates, parental income and education levels, as well as the curriculum and socioeconomics of the student’s high school. Given the current climate of college admissions thanks to high-profile legal cases like the Operation Varsity Blues scandal and the Students for Fair Admission v Harvard lawsuit, it’s unsurprising this news has been met with a wide variety of very strong opinions. Given how little we know of what colleges plan to do with adversity scores or how they may truly impact decisions, we at College Coach look forward to first learning more about the new policy implementation which, as with all things in the admission world, is probably more nuanced than it may seem at first glance. For the deepest dive on this story we’ve seen so far, check out The Wall Street Journal (subscription required). Related Resources Read | Posted on June 17th, 2021 Paying for College in the US | Alexa Flash Briefing Read | Posted on June 16th, 2021 What are Satellite Campuses? | Alexa Flash Briefing Read | Posted on June 15th, 2021 Value of a Summer Job | Alexa Flash Briefing
