SAT to begin scoring 'adversity' of students

The College Board reportedly plans to assign an “adversity score” to each student who takes the SAT, providing information on student's social and economic background.

The data point, which would be calculated using more than a dozen factors, comes as college admissions boards face scrutiny for their selection processes, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Among the categories included in the calculation are the crime rate in a student’s neighborhood, their family’s median income and the rigor of their school’s curriculum, according to the Journal.