Do SATs really determine how well you do in college?

ThisCouldBeHeavn
Fri, 22 May 2009 00:48:20 +0000

I think you mean “predict” or “correlate with” instead of “determine.” Obviously changing a few answers on your scantron isn’t going to have any effect on your college grades (except that you might end up at a different college :)).

As for whether it’s a useful predictor, I think a B student in high school with 2200 SAT score could do better if they put their mind to it than a Valedictorian with 1700. Whether they’d actually put in that effort is a different question.