<p>I can easily see how someone who doesn’t do well on the SAT can do well in Calculus (and hence abstract math). There is NO abstract math on the SAT. There is lots of problem-solving, find the error, rule out impossible answers, make inferences, apply formulas, and computation. Guess what happens in college accounting (and in what accountants actually do).</p>
<p>Of course, my anecdotal point is precisely the opposite. My kid doesn’t do well on those standardized assessments. She was top of her class, in accounting, did miserably on the GMAT, and is close to the top of her class in graduate school, and has a job where she beat out several hundred applicants, most of whom likely had better math SAT scores. Go figure.</p>