<p>Some of you are disturbingly missing the point of the article: disadvantaged students miss out on the opportunity to maximize their chances at top schools because of a lack of resources. </p>
<p>And many of you are seriously understating the importance of SAT scores. For most people a bad SAT score is sure to keep them out of schools like Columbia, which has SAT middle 50% ranges in all sections being 700+.</p>