Sorry, but grades/ec activities are WAY more important

Wowie
Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:33:43 +0000

I don’t think you even got what I meant by my post. I am not saying the SAT is bad or am I complaining about it. Like I said, like everything else it is geared towards the wealthy as I stated. It is another way to tell who has more money. I never said you couldn’t recieve a good score through self-study. I think anything is possible, but it gives people with extra money a little bit more of a boost. I was going to add I think this why colleges must take a holistic approach to a canidate because finances do effect every aspect of a candiate asaid their unique character. Moreover, I spoke with a Yale admissions officer and they said they often look at SAT II more often than SAT I scores because they show the real ability of the student, rather than paid tutors. On the same note, you can get tutored for the SAT II, but not to the same extent as the SAT I.

I understand their are flaws in the system, as with everything there is. I do feel the SAT is another biased portion of the admissions process. There is no true way to actually test the abilities of a canidate and the SAT is the closest thing we have to it yet.