Chapter 13

I am very glad to see that I am not the only person in the class that thinks that the SAT should not be used to get into college. The only issue that arises is, what should be the measurement that should be used to get into college? The chapter stated that the SAT was created to measure a students intelligence and was an excellent method to determine if students were intelligent enough to get into the college that they wanted. The problem that arises is that the SAt doesn’t measure intelligence, it just tests knowledge on the ability to define a word or to figure out a math problem. It makes you write an essay on a topic that I guess can gauge the ability of the person to write in a coherent manner, but the majority of schools don’t even look at the essay. So then why do they even have it???? I don’t think the SAT should be used because you have people who could be the smartest kids in the country but they stressthemselves out so much that they do miserable on the test and they end up in a school that they don’t belong in. Unfortunately, until there is a better system that is developed, students will have to suffer through the agony, stress and anxiety that we call the SAT.