The SAT

[Tettsure]

Do you really feel entrance into college should be based on it so heavily

I feel no, and it should have some reforms made to it and not count as such a considerable consideration into college because except the math portion, you can argue that more than one answer is right, also its an aptitude test to asses your intellect, but one can study for this test, so is it really testing your intellect. One may also be more attuned to one side (math) more than the other (reading). I mean will a mathematician really need to know the symbolism behind Moby d**k, or a critic of literature need to know the equation for derivation or how limits in mathematics function?


Some girl in my class today said basically that while the SAT is not all good, its the best we can do right now, and that it should weigh the heaviest on a college application

I may be wrong and have a misconception about its weight on your chances of getting into college, but what is your feeling on this "aptitude" test.  

[EsperRaziel]

I agree that the SAT is a waste of time. My brother, who is much smarter than I am, got a worse grade than me. I only did better because I went to about a years worth of tutoring, but get ready for the irony that you'll love:

My school does not require the SAT's. I go to King's College in PA. (www.kings.edu) If you want to check it out. We only needed to send in a graded paper. Hell, a good friend of mine who did better than only 6% of the country on math and reading is attending the school as a freshman this year.

Another spot of good news, many colleges are starting to look away from them, especially since the reformat that occurred a few years back.  

[Anonomous KD]

SAT's is easy really. Even on questions you don't know, you can eliminate some retarded choices, then have a better chance of answering right. On questions you have no clue about, and can't eliminate any answers. leave blank. Anyone with logic can get good scores on SAT really.

Kind of reminds me of saved by the bell episode. Zack got a killer score on SAT and jessi kind of bombed it.  

[Sith_Master_Steve]

Go to a Two-Year Community college, and Transfer!
You'll save a lot of money, and you beat the system.  

[DearSX]

I'm still a bit egotistic about getting a 1030 on the old SATs, I think it was the highest in my school. Taking SAT prep classes helped me big time, think. I went to college and I had no trouble keeping up with the classes and being ahead of people with much higher SATs. Still I was very into school and dropped out. Doing my work and studying meant a lot of success in college, I did not do much of that in college.  

[The Devil in the Details]

I do believe that the SAT is important (and the weight it carries has certainly helped me get into colleges, what with my 1200 versus my lower-average class grades), however it definitely needs to be weighed evenly against school grades and the likes. The SAT and your school grades are weighing different things; how you test versus how well you're organized/turn in homework.

They really do need to have some sort of testing, to look at all sides of the student, and I suppose there could be something more useful and less....
monotonous, but putting in the money and effort to fund it just doesn't seem like it's going to be at the top of school board lists.