<p>I wonder what will happen to the SAT as our generation gets old, in like 20-30 years. I personally plan on bringing it down, because the college board is seriously monopolizing education, even though it is "nonprofit" <em>cough cough</em>
I feel like crap for giving so much of my money to an organization with a symbol that doesn't even look like an acorn (which I just realized)</p>
<p>what do you think will happen and what would you do?</p>
<p>i think colleges will start caring about the writing part.
i really don't know what else though.
someone should make a new test!</p>
<p>I bet the curve will get worse and worse.
Soon one wrong in math will be a 600!
Just an observation -- the curve was much better way back when. If only I was born a generation ago...</p>
<p>To the contrary, CB recentered the SAT scores a while back -- and the students who got 760 a generation ago (on either reading or math) would have gotten an 800 under the new distribution.</p>
<p>the writing component sucks.</p>
<p>The SAT may not be the brand name of the major college entrance test of thirty years from now in America, but I doubt very much that selective colleges will get out of the practice of testing students. (Remember that the great majority of American colleges admit the great majority of their applicants, so admission requirements are only a problem for students who are choosy about what college they go to.) High school grades just aren't comparable enough to be the sole basis for choosing applicants who are admitted to college. Besides, high school grades are very likely MORE biased against low-income students than SAT scores, so there will always be an argument for considering admission factors besides grades.</p>
<p>I agree with tokenadult. Colleges aren't going to go "Standardized test score below X? Deny!" but they can't really get rid of standardized tests. They're a good general idea and you need them to see if a school gives away A's or whether getting a B at a school is almost impossible.</p>