The lists College Board licenses, according to the Journal, includes descriptors like the student's name, ethnicity, PSAT and SAT scores, and the level of education their parents achieved.
College Board licenses off lists of student names, ethnicities, parents' educational attainment, and PSAT and SAT Scores Test-takers - who may spend significant amounts of money on test prep and the test itself - are having their own data sold without any apparent benefit to themselves. But the chances of that actually happening are exceedingly low. They're led to believe that the forfeiture of their personal data may help them get recruited by the school, the Journal says. Students taking the SAT to check a box that asks them if they want to share their personal information with schools. Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Julliard, and Yale are all close behind, with admissions rates of between 5% and 6%. According to US News and World Report, Stanford University has the lowest acceptance rate in the country, at 4%. Many competitive schools have lower admission rates than ever before, with over a dozen held to the single digits. University admission rates are lower than ever
"Search helps launch a student's future by connecting students with college and scholarship opportunities at the time when they begin thinking about postsecondary education, so they have time to get to know various colleges and make informed college choices," Carayol said. Jaslee Carayol, a College Board spokesperson, told Insider that the practice of licensing data could actually benefit students. While more students than ever are taking the SAT, schools are increasingly dropping it as a requirement over concerns that it's gamed by wealthy families who can afford to hire tutors for students taking the test.īut the organization is standing by the practice. The revelations come at a bad time for the College Board.
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