Why do people stereotype in the schools you attend and on the SAT, ACT, LSAT?

Answer 1

One reason we need standardized tests is because in American high schools nearly everyone gets top marks - The average GPA for an American high school student is about a 3.4. And many schools have stopped ranking because they don't want to hurt the kids feelings or deal with the hassles that come from overbearing parents who don't like Junior's grades and are ready to complain anytime their little genius gets less than an A.

So, how are the colleges supposed to tell whether a kid actually learned anything in high school. If there are 10,000 applicants for 1000 positions, how do you decide? No college decides on SATs alone, but if you have a kid who supposedly got all As and Bs and who then shows up with mediocre SAT scores, then that is a bad sign. And another sign is a kid who supposedly took AP courses, but never took any AP tests.

At some point you have to be able to say, this kid actually knows something, and can prove it on a straightforward set of questions about basic things that he should know. Getting mediocre SAT scores, and then graduating from a mediocre college with mediocre grades is very predictable. In general, people who are able to handle the immense workload at the top colleges had pretty high SATs... check the websites at the Ivies, Duke, Stanford, Chicago for the levels these smart, hardworking kids made in their SATs.

Answer 2

Some school are getting away from these test. One can assume that since you scores are high your smarter. Right!!! Just a good test taker and it multi-choice. I for myself have been out of school for a couple of years. I had taken the SAT, did OK but not great, good enough to enter that college. However, taking notes, studying and attending all classes. I made the deans list and graduated as a single parent with a B average grades. So the SAT had no bearing on my results.

No the con side. There are many people applying for college. If they can only hold 300, how do they pick which will be successful. So does everyone have a chance to improve there education. NO, I think not. In America not everyone is equal as we would want to think.

We in USA have this program no child left behind. What about college. Where are the funds to allow student to attend any public college. So, do we have a truly no child left behind. No. Our government like all other programs, just want to look good on paper but have little action in life. Wake-up America. We are going to be left behind.