<p>“so youre telling me that a 3 hr test is more representative of a persons intelligence than 4 years of high school and all the application essays and reccomendations?”</p>
<p>Considering that recommendations depend as much on a student’s desire or skill at sucking up to a teacher, as well as how nice the teacher is in general, considering that college admissions boards don’t see you for 4 years in high school, but just a small packet of information about those four years, considering that a rich kid can have Harvard graduates write his essay for him (and you talk about economic unfairness with the SAT) and will almost certainly have it edited in a superior fashion than a poor kid, considering that intelligence does not necessarily result in good grades, yes, that three hour test is the best representation of a person’s intelligence an admission committee has.</p>