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Message: [QUOTE="ToolzieFan, post: 3513839, member: 7018"] There is a decent correlation between SAT scores and college performance. They're also an objective measure that helps colleges make informed decisions about which students to admit. Teachers and schools can have different grading policies and levels of rigor; letters of recommendation can be based more on personality than ability; college essays can be heavily edited or influenced; and well-off students might have more opportunities for extracurricular activities and volunteer work than others. But unless you have someone flat out take the SAT for you (which obviously happened), you can't fake your way through the SAT. And in states where the SAT or ACT were given to all high school students, a higher percentage of low-income or first-generation college students applied to and attended college. [/QUOTE]