The document discusses the SAT exam and whether it is still a worthwhile assessment for college admissions. The SAT was created in 1926 to promote more equal access to college, but it is now criticized by some as an imperfect and expensive test. Experts argue that high school grades are a better predictor of college success than SAT scores, and that the test does not measure important skills like creativity, perseverance, and collaboration. The document provides sources criticizing overreliance on standardized tests in college admissions.

1. Let’s Say Goodbye to SATs

2. Scholastic Aptitude Test
• Created in 1926 to democratize access to
college for all students
• 1.66 million students took the test in 2013
• 2400 possible points
– 800 Critical Reading
– 800 Mathematics
– 800 Writing

3. College Admissions

4. Are They Worth It?
Top New York tutors cost $500-$1,000 per hour

5. “The best predictor of college success is success in
high school, NOT SAT scores.” –Dr. Hernandez
"No test can measure the skills that matter most in
life:
creativity, perseverance, collaboration, vision, selfdiscipline and the like.” –Bob Schaeffer

6. Works Cited
• Cloud, John. “Should SATs Matter?” Time. March 2001. http://
content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,101321,00.html
• Cohen, Steve. “Three biggest lies in college.” Forbes. September
2012. http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevecohen/2012/09/29/
the-three-biggest-lies-in-college-admission/2/
• Hernandez, Dr. Michele. “Save our teenagers: Ditch the SATs.”
College. March 2013. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/drmichele-hernandez/save-our-teenagers-ditch_b_2978676.html
• Murray, Charles. “Abolish the SATs.” The American. American
Enterprise Institute, August 2007. http://www.american.com/
archive/2007/july-august-magazine-contents/abolish-the
• Streetman, Chris. “Abolishing the SAT and ACT.” http://
www.mckendree.edu/academics/scholars/issue18/
streetman.htm