What I hate about the SAT's (who agrees) Options

[JerzDevil]

1)They are too long. 2400? Why not cut it down to like 1400 instead?

2)Why do they have time limits? That's the biggest thing I hate about the SAT's. SAT's require students to do the testing slowly with much concentration in their best efforts to do well and pass. Each section is like 25 minutes. That is too short. Also, the sections are pretty long with long passages and hard questions that require a lot of thinking. The time limit should be like 45 minutes per section.

3)They are pointless. If a student got straight a's with like one B (not saying I did) throughout his whole 4-year high school career, why does the SAT's matter to him and the college he or she's applying to. . Grades are more important and he/she should definetely get into a good college.

[Comptine]

SATs test your test taking abilities like any people have said before. If you have some intelligence before you walk in, you should be able to do everything. However, it really tests your endurance. A 3 hour test to see how long you can last.

Studying isn't about learning new material. It's about familiarizing yourself with the test so you know the best way to take it: how to recognize freebies, how to do a problem quicker, how to be more efficient.

That is why SATs are pretty much useless. Sure, if someone gets a 2400, it's impressive. But colleges like Harvard and Yale see dozens of those in stacks. It basically screens the dumb people from the population.