SAT Persuasive Essay

Since the early 1900s, the SAT test has been administered each year to high school students in the United States of America (College board 1). The SAT is a standardized test based on a students’ proficiency in math reading and writing. In recent years questions has been raised about whether or not the SAT test can be used to measure any high school students’ skills. It has been argued that colleges should not use a simple four-hour test determine someone’s intelligence or future success in college over his/her high school curriculum. The SAT test often causes emotional distress upon the test-takers and is an overall disadvantage to all high school students. SAT scores should not weigh more than high school GPA, in admission to colleges
They often feel like a disappointment to their parents and others that expect the best from them. SAT scores affects students’ self-esteem and makes them resent college . A low SAT scores does not only affect a student emotionally, but it also affects them educationally. A Low SAT scores makes high school GPA not matter to college admission.
Some colleges will not even look at a student’s application if they do not have the right scores
(Westervelt 1). A lot of students are not good standardized test-takers because they fear and doubt that their first choice answers are wrong, when it is in fact correct. Most students are stressed before and during the SAT test making it difficult to perform at their best. When a student arrives late at the test, they do not have enough time to finish their test. If a student time to do the test is cut short, then their scores are inaccurate. SAT scores follows a students all though their life and it might affect the jobs that a student acquire. Some work places normally ask for a potential employee SAT scores. If the potential employee SAT scores are not high
This has been argued as a mistreatment of SAT scores. The high ranking colleges attract more funds from donors and many new applicants. These colleges are like businesses and students with high
SAT scores are their products. This clandestine industry affects high schools students who’s scores are not good enough for these colleges to contend with. Students that are highly motivated to work and most likely to graduate college are often turned down because money and reputation are more important to colleges. SAT scores are inaccurate in predicting a student success in college or their grades in any college. A students’ high school grades predicts a student success in a higher institution even when that student cannot remember nothing from the high school they attended (Strauss 2). No standardized test in which students sit there and fill in bubbles and write an essay can capture all the work habits, coping skills ,motivation and other traits needed to