<p>Jay,</p>
<p>Thanks for your responses.</p>
<p>“The problem I was pointing out is that the setting in which the SATs are conducted (many times) is inappropriate for someone my age.”</p>
<p>There are SAT tutors who take the test every year or so just to prove to their students they can still do it. If you don’t let yourself be “humiliated” you won’t be.</p>
<p>“If there was a place around here where I could have taken the test with other adults, I wouldn’t of had a problem with it.”</p>
<p>When you get into college, I hope they let you take your exams in a room away from those 18 year old children taking the same classes as you.</p>
<p>"Numerous studies and research have been done to show that SAT scores do not necessarily predict success in college as noted by articles like this: "</p>
<p>If you are getting, say, 400’s it predicts you are gonna fail at college.</p>
<p>“I take it you’re very proud of your accomplishments while in high school. Good for you.”</p>
<p>No, I wasn’t big on ECs at high school. And I do have combat military experience, in another era and another place, I think it is unpleasant and not particularly desirable.</p>
<p>My point still stands, completing 5 years in the military is not difficult or demanding. Being a super-achiever in something competitive at high school is difficult.</p>
<p>“Oddly enough, we rarely use military acronyms anymore.” …
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…"Every MOS in the Army has a GT qualifier. “GT” is a composite score taken from a soldier’s ASVAB and is the Army’s equivalent of an IQ Score. Many of these desk jobs require the highest GT scores, compared to combat arms MOS’ " </p>
<p>blah blah blah spouts acronyms as soon as he gets the chance …</p>
<p>"Some of these soldiers, at 18 years old, have sat in meetings with Iraqi diplomats, government officials, Generals, "</p>
<p>Well, I did watch Slumdog Millionaire and they use the job title “chai wallah” …</p>
<p>“You’d prefer veterans from non-desk jobs which are more typically comprised of soldiers who are less intelligent Which is it? Or maybe you just shouldn’t speak of things of which you have no idea.”</p>
<p>To me, the desk-job experience of a veteran is no better than any other 5 years employment, whether in a daycare center or an auto shop.</p>
<p>Now, stereotyping the combat soldiers as less intelligent aside, I would prefer an intelligent combat soldier over an equally intelligent non-combat soldier (desk wallah) who thinks doing photocopying for the military should give them some special entitlement throughout life. I mean, be serious, going to an Ivy with the ‘special insights’ of a ‘Marine Corps veteran’ who worked in a recruiting office in Manhattan just isn’t ‘compelling’.</p>
<p>But, Jay, you are obviously intelligent and qualified, unlike many others, and you are sure to get some good offers.</p>