Students to be able to Hide Worst SAT Scores

Colleges & Universities University of Virginia
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<p>[SAT</a> will let students pick which scores to show colleges - Los Angeles Times](<a href=“http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-sat21-2008jun21,0,294005.story]SAT”>Multiple choice for SAT takers)</p>

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<p>Wieners. </p>

<p>Let’s see. I got a 1270 sophomore year of high school (took it just to take the old test…don’t know why). Then 1390 spring of junior year. My final attempt before I called it quits was fall of senior year with a 1410. When I sent off my scores I wasn’t like “omgomgomgomgomg that 1270 is going to get me rejected omgomg the colleges are going to see it and think i’m a loser omgomg”. I didn’t care. I saw the improvement and was proud of it and all that mattered was the 1410 anyways and I was darn proud of that score (I’m not a fond person of english/writing multiple choice. I love writing/english and that jazz, I just don’t like picking someone else’s interpretations as the right answer to a question. Always destroyed the math section though). Now, kids are just going to take the SAT as many times as they can and just pick whatever their highest score is. It’s crazy. I don’t think that tests anything other than a lucky shot that a kid by some chance does radically better on one test than another, just because. I’m glad I never have to endure this process again. I was pretty calm and collected during the entire thing, and I think I’d be one of those freak-out “what’re my chances!!! omg bump! comeon! omg 1270 sophomore year!” people.</p>

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<p>i remember that i refused to apply to certain schools because they required the new sat and i had taken the old one and refused to take the sat more than once…lol!</p>

<p>most kids at my school were the type this article hates though, even my brother retook the sat (because he missed one math question and wanted a perfect score! he’s a dork… worst part is i know 2 other kids in my school who also did this).</p>

<p>the only way this could be more pro-affluence is if they made you pay to hide scores (like they do with ap tests now, right?).</p>

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<p>This doesn’t really change anything.</p>