Wednesday, November 4, 2009

SAT/ACT: Who benefits?


We asked college and university admission officers what they thought of ending the SAT/ACT exam. Here is what they said.

" Colleges should use the open application, and make the SAT/ACT optional. Better predictors of college success than those tests."
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NEIT doesn't require SAT or ACT...we have a placement exam. However we have a study guide to prepare them."


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No. Although the testing is VERY biased toward affluent white students. Better idea to drop testing as an admissions benchmark."

"Colleges change something as ingrained as SAT/ACT? Probably not in your lifetime. Should they? Maybe, but would it be acceptable?"

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good question - I would agree - Colleges and Universities should look for ways to increase access not limit it (SAT/ACT limits enroll)"

"They should do both."

What do you think?