Tiara Thomas English 1050 Final Draft 5 October 2014 Test scores Most of college admission requirements consist of: grades, ACT or SAT scores, and essays. College admission tests provides a standardized measure of students’ general and academic skills. Unlike high school grades, standardized test compares students from different schools, taken different courses taught by different teachers, different GPA scales, and different opportunities to help them excel in and out of school. The majority of college decisions are made by students’ grades and GPA, so ACT and SAT scores should not be the biggest component on deciding whether a student belongs in a college. One issue with standardized test is test anxiety. What if a student was taking the ACT or SAT and they had test anxiety? If a student doesn’t do well on the test it is a possibility that, that student would not get into the college of his or her choice because of certain requirements. Standardize test puts a lot of pressure on an individual that makes it hard for them to get an acceptable score. …show more content…
This would be a way to get more accurate result instead of rushed results. Also to obtain more accurate results the test could be given at the end of a student’s senior year instead of junior year, because some of the material may not have been taught yet, so that makes a student have to guess. When considering grades a recommendation letter could be required from the teachers about the student’s performance and grade in the class. Scholarship requirements could focus more on grades and community service other than test scores. Test scores has a lot of weight on them when it comes down to better yourself in education. Community service should take the place of test score, because which is better, how to actively involve yourself in the community or getting a 15 on the