The number one thing that puzzles me right now is why the SAT's/ACT's matter a lot to colleges. I understand that it measures one's ability to take a test however many aren't good test takers no matter how prepared you are. A lot of students have good grades but their SAT scores doesn't have the same outcome. I believe that SAT's should be used but not heavily to determine an admission to a college/university.
People can do well on practice tests but still do bad on the actual exam. Personally, when I studied for the SAT I did better than I thought I would've at home/library-under the same conditions as the actual SAT, no changing of the test format-however, I did worse than my practice exams but better than the previous SAT. I feel that SAT's don't measure a student's ability accurately because of conditions such as being a bad test taker. Many Students don't realize what the SAT is before they enter High school. The people that do know usually score better as they have more time to prepare for it. People who can't take a test well and doesn't realize there's the SAT simply don't have enough time to be prepared and get used to what the test is like.
Taking the SAT does measure a person's ability to think critically however it's not always accurate to many students as they aren't good test takers.
SAT isn't a bad way to see where a student would be at in college but again it shouldn't be heavily focused. Not all schools do focus on SAT scores but many do. A student with a high GPA can get a low SAT score simply because he/she isn't a good test taker.
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