SAT Harder or Easier Today Than In Your Day?

takeitallin
Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:18:31 +0000

I can’t compare the level of difficulty because I honestly don’t remember the one I took. I can say that the level of stress has increased dramatically since I took the SAT in 1972. I remember that my counselor told some of us we needed to take “this test” in order to apply to colleges. I signed up for it because he told us to, but didn’t have any idea what the test was- we just viewed as another routine standardized test. No one I knew studied in any way, shape, or form, and as far as I know there were no preparation courses available. I took the test and did well, and then sent my scores to the sole college that I applied, and was accepted, to. Things were definitely different back then!