Against the S.A.T.

The Consequences of the SAT

Most High School students face hardships of studying for finals, working hard in our numerous extracurricular activities, and constantly trying our hardest to get the college applications over with to get into that college. These are one of the toughest ordeals we face in our life and will determine whether we will get into a great college or just a good college. There is yet another factor into our selection for a prestige college. Each year, oncoming junior students start pondering about a test that will determine our chances in getting into a college. They start cramming and take prep courses such as the Princeton review in hopes of getting a perfect 1600 on the SATs. But say that they do poorly in this test but do so well in school and have numerous extracurricular activities; your chances of getting in are now very slim. The SAT is seen as being biased and unfair to numerous people, that is why colleges shouldn’t use the SAT as a standard on ...