Colleges starting to place less emphasis on SAT scores?

Test Preparation
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<p>They say SAT 1 scores are unfair because richer students tend to score higher. I admit this is true, as I see rich classmates of mine who took prep courses for two years, and scored 21xx after three takes. But I am a poor student, didn't take a single course, only bought Princeton Review reference books for preparation, and I scored 2200 after two takes. It just feels very unfair to me that I, as a poor student who scored high on the SAT 1, am losing the advantage of it as well. They are placing more and more emphasis on GPA, but my classmates take expensive private tutorial classes for school courses, while I can't, and hence they get a higher GPA than me.
Have people thought of how unfair it is to some poor students whose only advantage is their SAT scores? I feel like the SATs were more indicative of my intellectual capabilities</p>

<p>Please weigh in below!</p>

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<p>SAT tests level the playing field, as for the kids you are talking about, there is no point competing with them on the grounds of SAT or even EC (in terms of grandiose); just make sure your SAT score is as close to 2400 as possible and make sure your EC and application essay accurately represents who you are, because this is what the universities use to asses your suitability to them, not someone elses scores.</p>

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<p>What about the ACT? Should we consider ACT instead?</p>