- I believe that many high school students don't attend good universities because their SAT scores affect their acceptance even though they have excellent grades.
- This affects the student in many ways such as: self-esteem, social life, and decision making. It is very stressful to see how students suffer with the SAT exams. They get good grades their whole lives and when it comes to taking the exam, they don't get the grade they expected causing their admissions decline at their dream university.
1. I spoke to my brother, Alejandro; he is the perfect example for this opportunity. He is graduating top 5 of his grade from high school this upcoming May. Alejandro had a hard time while applying to universities because the top universities he wanted to apply required a much higher SAT score that what he had gotten. He was very depressed because he had spent his whole life getting good grades, but he felt that they weren't worth it. I learned that we should not get our hopes high.
2. I also spoke to my brother's friend, Maria Alejandra. She got accepted to UF this upcoming fall. What it is very interesting is that my brother didn't get in even though he had better grades than she did. Maria Alejandra told me that she never thought they would accept her, but that she had very good SAT scores, helping her get into UF. I learned that you never know what can happen.
3. The last person I spoke to was my friend Sofia. I asked her opinion about SAT scores and she said that they are completly nonsense. Sofia told me that it is not fair for some people to get excellent grades their whole lives and then take that exam and completly ruin everything you had planned. I agree with her 100%.
- Summarize: In my opinion, SAT exams should be erased from the picture. This exam doesn;t bring anything positive to someone's life, sometimes even changing it drastically. I feel that in the future, universities will stop requiring SAT exams, but that is something we will need to wait to find out.
Carolina,
ReplyDeleteI HATED the SAT. It was so tedious, boring and overall a horrible experience. My sister is currently a junior in high school and going through the process of beginning to take the exam and apply to schools. We are from New York, where many students apply to out-of-state colleges. What she's noticed is that there are a handful of schools now that do not require that you send standardized test scores. They do not hold it against you if you don't send them. You can choose to send them if they are particularly outstanding, but it does not hold much weight. I like this trend!
Carolina,
ReplyDeleteIt seems that our education system, specifically Florida, has turned into nothing more than constant testing. My kids are in public school and every other week they are doing some kind of assessment test. I find this to be troubling because some people just aren’t good test takers. To have years’ worth of hard work be flushed down the toilet simply for scoring bad on test blows my mind. I do know that a good majority of schools will overlook SAT scores if all other areas are exceptionally but there are still schools that think the SAT score is some sort of “golden pass”. The good thing about Florida is that by law if he graduates with an AA and meets all the transfer requirements UF has to accept him as a transfer student. Although some degrees are limited seating he just needs to have the highest GPA he can.