<p>I taught a bunch of SAT classes for The Princeton Review, so I have a pretty good idea of how the SAT works. It doesn’t measure intelligence, it measures academic ability.</p>
<p>As for my personal anecdote, I scored a 1900 the first time I took the SAT, and then a 2260 after studying for a week. You’re trying to tell me this is an intelligence test? Nonsense. It’s a pretty decent test of exactly what it should be testing though: whether the student can succeed academically. Getting a good score shows a mix of: raw intelligence, study skills, ability to focus, etc.</p>
<p>Rather, it shows the things that are useful in college. Intelligence is a small part of what’s measured by the SAT.</p>