<p>I graduated a year early and headed off to college this fall, but I was still eligible to be in this year's National Merit competition. Needless to say, I didn't take the New SAT because the Class of 2005 didn't need to. And I didn't take the SAT II for writing, because I didn't need to take it for the University of Missouri. (I knew I wanted to go here because it's arguably the best journalism school in the country.)</p>
<p>Long and short of this meandering complaint is that...DAMN. I have to take the New SAT. And I'm IN COLLEGE. Otherwise, I'm not eligible to advance to finalist status.</p>
<p>How goofy is that?</p>