In 2020 the U-Cal system ended the use of the SAT and ACT. How'd that work out?

Six years ago--so in 2020, at the apex of wokie intimidation--the University of California ended the long-standing practice of requiring that applicants take either the SAT or ACT test.

This was because minorities complained that a) standard testing was raaacist; and b) that rich kids could afford pricey test-prep courses, which enabled 'em to do better on those tests..

The underlying theory was that kids who got good grades in school were probably all about equally smart, so a totally fair system would admit the same percentage of blacks and hispanics as their percentage of the population.

So how'd that work out, eh?

From the first class admitted under the new rules, professors recognized that a lot of members of the incoming class lacked the basic math skills needed to do college-level work.  Profs were having to spend time teaching middle-school math.

Now hundreds of profs at UC have signed an open letter urging the U-Cal system to return to using either or both of the standardized tests, at least for students wanting to major in math or science.

Problem is, the Cal board of regents will do whatever the wanna do.  If they wanna keep new  admissions 15% black and 22% Hispanic, they can easily create free remedial math courses taught by undergrad teaching assistants, so professors don't have to do it.  

You couldn't get a better experiment on the results of "woke" admission policies: without some sort of broad-based testing it's impossible to know if an applicant has the necessary skills to handle college.  But minority groups that pushed to abolish testing argue that this is better for them.  Wait..."more fair."  Yeah, that's what they meant.