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I was so curious about the logic behind requesting an applicant's
SAT scores that I took the time to write to the contact listed
in the INTERCOM's ad. I asked what relevence a 10 year old
SAT score may have on an applicant. From the discussion on the
list it is apparant that many of you too wondered the same thing....
this is the exact response as I got it from Julie Berry.
> Thanks for your message today. I'm glad to explain our procedures. I
> hope it will be helpful to you and other applicants.
> People often wonder about our interest in SAT and GRE scores. We do
> request them of all candidates, regardless of how senior they are. We
> like to obtain as many data points on a candidate as we possibly can.
> Measurable grades and scores help us round out our picture of a
> candidate. The SAT and GRE are unique in that nearly all applicants
> have taken them, so they give us a mWhat we do with the data once we have
collected it is another story, of
> course, and you are certainly correct that academic data needs to be
> weighted less heavily in the case of senior-level candidates than that of
> junior-level candidates. But we find that it is still worth collecting.
> Again, better to have more data than less.
> eans of systematic comparison for
> the tens of thousands of resumes we see each year. If we could find a
> better way to systematically compare so many resumes, we would be glad
> to use it, but we have not found it yet.
> What we do with the data once we have collected it is another story, of
> course, and you are certainly correct that academic data needs to be
> weighted less heavily in the case of senior-level candidates than that of
> junior-level candidates. But we find that it is still worth collecting.
> Again, better to have more data than less.
> Again, thanks for your note. I look forward to seeing many great
> candidates from the STC community.
