<p>"anyone can study like crazy for an AP exam and get a 5. likewise, anyone can work nonstop in college and get a good GPA. </p>
<p>NOT everyone can get a 2400. or even a 2000."</p>
<p>Well, (IMO) the score conversion for the SAT is drastically different from that of the AP. You say that anyone can study like crazy for an AP exam and get a 5, while not everybody can get a 2400 on the SAT. Maybe because for the AP exam, you can get like -20(or so) and still get like a 5. On the SAT however, you get -1 and your converted score will be down to like 780(or so)…I mean, if the “curve” or the conversion for SAT was comparable to the the AP conversion, then YES a lot of people would be getting 2400s. But CB makes the number “2400” out to be some kind of theoretical score that everybody should aim for but will never get (of course, some people have achieved this). </p>
<p>Having said that, I don’t think SAT is worthless or “stupid”… it definitely tests your “aptitude”. I would leave it as it is… I don’t want it to get any harder, and I think the SAT (although it may not always indicate intellect and knowledge) does test your test-taking skills, like you said, as well as other things in a “standardized” way.</p>