<p>Eliza, why is 4 hours particularly bad? At my community college, finals for most classes are 2 hours each, all within a few days. Surely you have to deal with similar. And as far as proctors are concerned, well, many college professors have different policies regarding exams - my physics professor does not allow calculators, for example. If test-taking <em>alone</em> is preventing someone from getting even a decent SAT score (whatever “decent” means), then maybe that person should be carefully evaluating whether a very difficult college is right for him or her, regardless of whether the SAT is unfair or immoral or whatever.</p>