Colleges should de-emphasize test scores

[lchal1]

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No. Colleges should emphasize test scores twice as much as they currently do. I can’t stand people who say “Test scores just show who is a good test-taker” – Yeah, and the Olympics just show who the best athletes are. And the World Series shows what the best baseball team is. Guess what? There are going to be a lot of tests in college, grad school, and pretty much throughout the rest of your life (though they may come in different formats). Stop trying to attribute your poor test scores to the fact that you can’t “take tests.” Stop complaining just because you aren’t as smart as your grades seem to indicate and happen to suck at thinking outside the box and under pressure.

This is a good point. I actually think they should emphasize tests MORE. A lot more. Right now, the top schools (mostly ivies i mean) look almost solely at pure gpa – the notion that colleges “look at the gpa in light of your courseload and your school’s offerings” is bullsh1t…if you take 1 ap course while in the IB diploma program (ib courses are more difficult than ap courses, including the much more open-ended tests, and the diploma program has a TON of extra requirements like essays, classes, creativity/action/service hours requirements, etc.) but get a 3.7/4.0 they won’t take you seriously like they would somebody with only 3-4 ap’s and no IB but a 4.6 weighted gpa (or something closer to a 4.0 unweighted).</p>