<p>There’s no bashing of smart people going on. Those that get in, get in because of their hard work and academic potential and absolutely deserve it. High scoring students do not fall outside of that truth. But if you’re going to write off talented students who get in with low SAT scores as academic pariahs profiting off Affirmative Action then yes people are going to stand up to that skewed and somewhat ignorant view which in itself bashes the achievement of the student.</p>
<p>And hate to wet the paper for me, but yes there are dumb kids that get 2,300s. Well dumb may be a harsh term but kids with little to no scholastic motivation, with mediocre rankings and gpas whose parents bank everything on them scoring high on the SATs and spend obscene amounts of money to get them prepared to a much higher level.</p>
<p>And also, some people just don’t perform well on the SAT format. There was a report on BBC a long while back about the SAT and ACT. Some incredibly smart kids were shown screwing the SATs and acing the ACTs. Thats part of the reason why colleges started accepting the ACT as an equal standardized measure to the SATs.</p>