We have always known just how important SAT scores are in getting you into college. For many schools the scores that people get on the SATs are a way of narrowing down the "pack". If a school (mostly larger ones) gets a ton of applications they have no way of going through each and every one of them and reading the essays and credentials that EACH individual applicant has. In order to weed out some of the applications schools will often just not look at applications with SAT scores below a certain point. This means that if you do badly on the SATs there is a potential for you to miss out on some schools no matter what your transcript, letters or recommendation, or leadership positions say about you. I feel like this is not the right way to do things. There are countless people who have a very hard time dealing with the pressure of taking a timed test that they know has the potential to impact their futures (who wouldn't have slight anxiety about this?), or just have a hard time on tests. These people end up thrown under the bus if their scores do not turn out well.
I think that the scores on SATs should only be used at the end of the application review process. If there are two people who are equal in all different application sections, then maybe the scores from the SATs should come into play. This would give the people who have a hard time taking tests a fighting chance at at least getting their applications read and looked at.
This is all so stressful! Well.... wish me luck! Tomorrow could change my life...(how dramatic sounding is that? Pretty intense huh?)
3 comments:
GOOD LUCK!!!!!!
ohh Emma you drama queen you!
SATs are a GREAT learning experience and really aren't that bad. I mean honestly, it is ONLY five hours of sitting in a metal chair in the strict straight lines all lying parallel to each other in the center of a grey room that is one of many, and, in the case of Marshwood, is built as a design of a jail (from what I've heard).
Ah. The tone of sarcasm.
I took mine today in Dover and I don't think they beleive in heat. I give them credit for trying to save the earth and energy costs by cutting down on the heating, but i beleive the idea is to save the earth not kill the children.
aaaand they made us stand out side until they decided to open the door at 745.
IT WAS COLD.
my whole experience was a CHILLING one.
hahahha. play on words. love it
-purgalicious
Yes, pencil sharpeners over heat...welcome to my world...I have gotten a second degree burn from one whilst sharpening my pocket-o-pencils...anyways, hopefully it went well. On a good note, colleges seem to agree with you because they are lessening the importance of SAT's somewhat over time. While bigger universities might take a good look at them; the really competitive schools (MIT, Harvard, Dartmouth) have their choice of any set of students with perfect SAT scores so they really want something different (MIT reps endlessly discuss the freshman class should always be as diverse as a stain-glass window.) Hope the tests went well.
MM
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