October 24, 2008
Baylor U. Rewarded Freshmen Who Retook the SAT
Baylor University, in an apparent attempt to raise its academic profile, gave admitted freshmen financial incentives to retake the SAT this past summer.
As first reported by Baylor's student newspaper, The Lariat, the university offered a $300 bookstore credit to members of the Class of 2012 who took the exam again. In an e-mail message to incoming freshmen on June 10, Baylor said it would give a $1,000 merit scholarship each year to each student whose composite SAT score rose by at
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