Students Believe in the SAT

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<p>LA Times article:</p>

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<p>Excerpt:</p>

<p>"Alex Schwertfeger doesn’t know what college she wants to attend. But the Notre Dame High School junior is convinced that the key to entry at her dream school is the SAT.</p>

<p>To boost her score, she attended a pricey private prep class and spent countless hours at home studying drills and completing practice tests. Before she went to bed many nights, she flipped through flashcards of the 200 most popular vocabulary words to appear on the test."</p>

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<p>Too bad for her. She could have subscribed to some interesting magazines and gained more knowledge. </p>

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<p>the article doesn’t really prove the title. They cite the story of one kid who believes in the SAT as her ticket to college. The only population-level data they provide is unnamed people at test prep companies who say their enrollment is rising, - although they won’t say how much - and part of it is likely just due to age demographics. Not that I necessarily dispute the findings, but you’d think they could at the very least take a quick survey to see how students feel about the SAT.</p>