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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social

Also, because Rufo's brain is a soggy potato, his whole claim is predicated upon the fallacy of division. "The prevailing distribution by race" of median SAT scores among all test-takers cannot be used to determine the medians among the incredibly tiny subset of those who were admitted to Columbia.

I have obtained Mamdani’s full Columbia application, which might help unravel this mystery. According to the materials, Mamdani scored a 2140 out of 2400 on the SAT. At the time, this was below the median SAT score for admitted students at Columbia and, given the prevailing distribution by race, well below the median SAT score for Asian students, but likely above the median SAT score for black students—hence, the advantage of marking “black.”
jul 8, 2025, 2:28 am • 157 12

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Ellen Braaten @ellenbraaten.bsky.social

What did Trump get on the SAT? I forget. Also I heard RFK Jr application to Harvard was dodgy. But it’s just a vague recollection because it didn’t get much press.

jul 8, 2025, 2:36 am • 12 0 • view
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Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social

Trump had someone take his SATs for him.

jul 8, 2025, 2:37 am • 2 0 • view
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Psy Costanza @ganondalf.bsky.social

"a 17 year old, whose test scores were fine, accurately checked boxes on a college application and did not get in" man what are we even doing here

jul 8, 2025, 2:49 am • 2 0 • view
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Paul "8647" Hoffman • Antifascist anecdotes, free of charge @paulhoffman.bsky.social

Where the f*ck did this racist tripe appear?

jul 8, 2025, 5:51 pm • 1 0 • view
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Paul "8647" Hoffman • Antifascist anecdotes, free of charge @paulhoffman.bsky.social

(Sorry, I meant Rufo's racist tripe.)

jul 8, 2025, 5:52 pm • 1 0 • view
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dabizomb.bsky.social @dabizomb.bsky.social

Also….he didn’t get into Columbia, so, ok? This is really just supposed to be a burn that he isn’t smart enough to be an elite? Where is he even going with this?

jul 8, 2025, 2:48 am • 1 0 • view
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Desarrayed @desarrayed.bsky.social

Not looking forward to everyone’s worst HS classmate becoming an instant statistician and admissions expert

jul 8, 2025, 2:31 am • 5 0 • view
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jlooocity.bsky.social @jlooocity.bsky.social

That's GREAT score! WTF?

jul 8, 2025, 2:37 am • 2 0 • view
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jasserole @jasserole.bsky.social

does he think Zohran knew the median SAT scores by race that year? normal people don't know that

jul 8, 2025, 2:35 am • 1 0 • view
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Kenzo Amore @wehrmanm.bsky.social

It’s literally The Bell Curve

jul 8, 2025, 2:30 am • 2 0 • view