<p>There will always be an unaccounted for variable. For the SAT, some are better test takers. The GPA doesn’t show how many hard classes a person takes and it doesn’t distinguish between smart people and motivated people. </p>
<p>I know many people who work their entire HS career with 4.whatevers who can’t back up their GPA with the SAT. This is how colleges differentiate between motivated kinda-smart people, and kinda-motivated smart people. I think the fact that all the uber-motivated kids can only do decently on the test is what angers many people. </p>
<p>The SAT does measure the ingredients to intelligence, but doesn’t measure learnedness (if thats a word), that would be unfair to poorer schools with fewer AP/accelerated classes. People on these forums are just angry because their plethora (see, I’m smart too) of AP classes don’t do crap for their SAT scores. </p>
<p>Also, some say that the writing doesn’t measure intelligence. Probably true, but if you know what they want (via a book, class, etc.)and can’t put that on paper after 3 years of Honors English. YOU ARE unintelligent.</p>