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Should SAT and ACT Matter?

Some colleges are making changes in student applications by not requiring students to submit their ACT and SAT scores. These colleges will more be looking at students GPA’s and extracurriculars they pursue. As some colleges are dropping ACT and SAT scores overall, many colleges are not requiring colleges to submit SAT writing scores.

With these changes occurring in student applications of some colleges it may lead to a different future on student applications. Colleges are said to look at GPA more because it determines the grit of student and how hard they work. For example, one college is George Washington University and they determined that high school peformance has a positive correlation with college performance. CLICK HERE to read more about George Washington’s University experience on making ACT and SAT scores optional on student applications.

Do you think all colleges should make SAT and ACT scores optional on student applications? Do you support these changes? Do you dislike these changes that are occurring? Do SAT and ACT scores determine how good of a student you are?


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  1. Mr. LawlerDecember 13, 2018 at 11:38 AM

    Great post, Sahil! I'm a big believer in the movement that standardized tests should count less in the admissions process. By the ay, you might get a junior theme topic out of this post.

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  2. Lulu ChristovJanuary 27, 2019 at 9:58 PM

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  3. Lulu ChristovJanuary 27, 2019 at 10:40 PM

    I love this post Sah! It's very relevant to your audience! I think that test scores should definitely become a smaller part of college admissions because of the specific and somewhat irrelevant skills that they require. Many brilliant people show their intelligence and capabilities in a classroom and out of school environment, and many of these people struggle in the standardized test department. Standardized tests like the ACT and SAT test for one specific answer regarding an ultra-generalized question, whereas a classroom environment provides a space for opinion and unique thinking. The pressure and significance of test scores frequently can narrow student's minds to thinking in a "standard" way and limit their thoughts. However, if schools decide to make ACT and SAT submissions optional I think they need to be completely unbiased in that if "student A" would submit an application with terrific test scores and "student B" didn't send in test scores, there would be no assumption that "student b" struggled in test taking. Even so, I think being unbiased in this process would be incredibly difficult. For these reasons I think that a school making this change would need to choose if they accept or do not accept test scores in order to even the playing field for these two hypothetical students.

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