Let’s Put it to Good Use

Throughout our lives we are tested.  Students are tested on their knowledge daily with quizzes, unit tests, and standardized tests.  Teachers are required to pass tests before they can teach a class.  Doctors must pass a test before they are allowed to operate on anyone. This may come as a surprise, but even a job interview is a form of test.  If you pass, you get the position you’re applying for in the workplace.  If you fail, you can kiss that dream job of yours goodbye. 

Since we as people undergo some form of testing all the time, one of those test might as well be put to good use.  SAT and ACT test scores are helpful to college admissions offices in determining who gets in and how much scholarship money they will receive.  Now I know you’re probably saying to yourself, “WHAT?  That is all colleges base their admissions on?  That’s not fair to people who excel in subjects not covered by these tests.  And what about those students who are just bad test takers?”  However, the truth is that’s NOT all colleges look at in a future student.  Grades throughout high school matter.  How rounded a person is matters.  The colleges overall impression of a student matters.  And yeah, I’ll admit it,  SAT and ACT test scores do matter, but they are presumably just one of many things that matter when it comes to getting accepted to you’re dream school.