Summary Of No The SAT Is Not Required By Justin Peligri

Justin Peligri, in his article, “No, the SAT Is Not Required. More Colleges Join Test-Optional Train,” published in USA Today on July 7, 2014, writes that students spend great deals of time studying for what many believe is the most important test of their life, the SAT. The SAT test is a standardized test used by colleges in the college admissions process. Students are overly stressed for the SAT, hurting their health and wellbeing, even though the usefulness of this test is questionable. In nearly all colleges across the country, SAT scores are a major part of the admissions process, but the major flaws of this test are going unacknowledged by these schools, therefore keeping many qualified students out of colleges, and all but destroying

Over time, the SAT’s format has changed to better measure a student’s ability and potential. Excessive stress is put on students to do well on the SAT’s, and causes them unnecessary strain. As college admissions become more and more competitive, the need for higher test scores has increased, despite fatal flaws in the SAT test itself. Although the SAT is used by thousands of colleges and taken by millions of students, many students' scores do not reflect their true abilities, and therefore the SAT test is useless. The SAT test is full of flaws which make it useless for measuring a student’s ability and/or potential. John Katzman, in his article, “I Taught America to Beat the SAT. That's How I Know It's Useless,” published in MSNBC on April 16, 2014, states that numerous intelligent students have taken the SAT, but their scores do not reflect their abilities. As Katzman and a fellow tutor worked together to develop a test prep strategy, they realized that the entire test was worthless, and that the test did not focus on the high school curriculum. In

Kat Cohen, in her article, “The Truth About Standardized Tests: How They Affect Your College Application.” published in The Huffington Post on January 13, 2014, writes that the SAT test is a factor in college admissions that can set a student apart from other applicants, or ultimately remove them from the standings. Cohen also writes that if a student's SAT score is not high enough, their applications might not even be considered. Cohen explains that as college admission rates continue to reach record lows each year, every small component of the admissions process is becoming very important. Rebecca Klein says that now that the SAT has become a prime factor in college admissions, more and more students are taking the exam. Cohen says that most students focus primarily on the standardized test scores, and do not realize that other factors can influence the final decision as well. Finally, Cohen states that many colleges like to see all of the test scores that a student has ever obtained, so a student’s low scores will not be weighed as heavily as the same student’s high scores. Cohen asserts that an SAT score can be the difference between acceptance or rejection. She also contends that some schools have minimum requirements that must be met to have a student’s application considered. Therefore, if the SATs are flawed and imperfect, they