BREAKING: New SAT Score-Reporting Policy

Poseur
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:52:43 +0000

I don’t think it’s so much that poorer students won’t be able to afford the sitting fee to take it multiple times; I think that the problem is more that:

(a) Students from schools with less cutthroat counselors may not be informed of the opportunity, whereas no doubt richer students will be encouraged to take the test as many times as possible (even more so than they already are – and, this time, without the downside of colleges seeing a record of all the attempts!); and
(b) More affluent students will be able to afford more extensive preparation – yes, this is nothing new, but this change will encourage them to do so, as there is no penalty for taking it many times.