The problem with America's college entrance exam

Sat should be gone

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To be honest, I think the US should stop standardized and multiple choice tests and develop tests which really check the things that you need for degree. Also I think that my country (Israel) should stop using tests that are even worse than the SAT.

Here in Chile, while there is still a some sort of SAT test, is actually 4 separate tests who assign an individual score of the four main subjects, Literature, Math, Science and History. We also take into account the performance on middle school, this makes a weighted final score depending on the major you apply for.

Great video wow it was so informative

I didnt study for it at all, I was super unprepared for it they had chemistry questions on it before I had taken chemistry in high-school.

Listen I get the point of this video but everything is twisted out of proportion. Let's look at this test at a surface level.
It is the ONLY way to rank students in a standardized way
in a world of gpa inflation and boosted extra curriculars, this actually helps poor people better than it hurts.
Because poor people in bad schools with no ecs or good classes can take this test to prove their capabilities.

Ever since the past came I keep getting sat content(I don't even watch sat related content)I swear yt can read my mind sometimes

yall can still turn to Christ God bless

I support the SAT, i only start having problems with it when you look at the bigger picture. Schools/students pay to take the Practice SAT sophomore year, students/schools pay to take the actual SAT junior year. Students pay to retake the SAT incase of a low score. Collegeboard floods your emails during the fall semester saying, "Students who retake the SAT are more likely to score higher" > Meaning you pay for the test again, not being guaranteed that you score higher this time. Collegeboard regularly rewires the SAT to make it more difficult = more students retake it for a possible higher score = more profit. And it is interesting when Collegeboard claims to be a "Nonprofit Organization",when the current CEO manages to somehow earn $2 million income each year. from the alleged "Non profit". It is obvious that major organizations are cheating the younger generations in paying for expensive tests and even more expensive schools, to get out of poverty. Disgusting!

Bro became racist after taking one iq test.

From my perspective, all americans should feel blessed that their college exams are so easy. You should see the state of students in India, China, and Turkey.
So quit whining about your easy exam and just remember that it could have been a lot worse.

In my country, other than A Level result, there's still many taking into account of selecting students. Merit based on how much co-curricular you achieved in school, leadership experience, achievements you brought to your school, do you represent school in any competitions, compulsory national services, interviews..it was a hectic just to get into university. In the US, im jealous how easy it sounds.

Math is my forte, in my sophomore year I took Geometry/Trigonometry, my junior year I was in AP Calc AB and my senior year I took AP Calc BC. However it felt like dealing with a multiple AP classes in high school hurt my focus on the SAT. During my sophomore year my teacher gave us SAT-prep problems because we had juniors in the class, not that useful in your sophomore year. In my junior and senior years I was studying math that was nowhere to be seen in the SAT. So now I have to add more to my high school workload and without prep classes it was overwhelming and rough.

Better to use standardized knowledge tests; non-standardized GPA is not good as courses vary in quality for different schools.

SAT's now are far worse- the competition for the highest schools has risen from a 1450 being amazing to it being just ok and 1525+ being what you want. Thankful that when I apply most colleges are going to be test optional and not require a test that was created off of a completely idiotic philosophy and unequitable.

Now with the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action, I think there will be more of an effort to eliminate completely standardized tests such as the SAT as a selection criteria. Admission process to college will become more holistic. Unfortunately it will also be subject to more abuse and whims of the admission committee. I don't have an opinion on whether this is correct or not. The public education, especially in the large cities, is really problematic and a nightmare for parents to navigate through for their children.

If I was in charge of college admissions, I would abolish standardized testing. Because it doesn’t measure actual intelligence, if anything, it measures your family income.
(Do you have the money to pay for a test prep tutor or even the money to take the test in the first place.)

One thing that was completely missed was that you can always transfer from a community college of small university to a larger one as long as you get good grades. Large Universities love people that do that, you can even transfer credits and save money! Me and all my friends basically did this and it completely bypasses this structure.

all college entrance exams are bunk :) to be perfectly honest, we should not need exams like these. if you want to test out of courses to get ahead in college, i can see the value in that. but that's not what these exams *do*. of course, i'm privileged to be able to say this. i come from a family that was able to pay for me to take the test, a family that has been able to pay for ap exams and extracurricular opportunities. i was able to afford study materials. i was able to get a pretty decent score and into a good school. so maybe my saying this doesn't count for much, because the system that we use has served me. but we do not need these tests. it is unfair and really doesn't test much beyond your ability to test, which varies for everyone depending on ability to focus, stamina, ability to manage test anxiety, etc etc, AND as it VERY IMPORTANTLY states in the video, your privilege--the opportunities you have available to you. we should not have these tests anymore, in really any country. at least in my opinion.

The SAT is far far easier than entrance exams in pretty much every Asian country

I make over 80,000 yearly driving semis and I’m 26 😂 I wish trade schools were talked about more often

Yo I went to Wichita State. Didn’t take the SAT or ACT. Took an entry exam to test into math and English classes. Still was accepted 🫠

Did anyone understood the oarsman:regatta question? Lol😅

The reason the SAT and ACT is looked at is because it's a uniform standard and is objective. Unlike the grading system at most high schools, particularly inner-city schools strangled by powerful teachers' unions.

Well, you can study for the sat and retake it many times until you are happy with results. So, assuming sat score is something important to you, then it is a measure of your ability to learn, which includes financial ability to buy books and allocate time. If you can't get good at sat, maybe you would just be bad at college too and simply waste a bunch of money?

Literally no job requires anything that is on any test.. college is a money scam and so is our whole society.. it's a way to control people.. if you opt out they put you in the criminal class.. court is a joke.. hire a lawyer and you're getting scammed.. try to represent yourself and you're not allowed to because it's all a scam and the police are all liars.. so are the prosecutors.. this is what happens to you when you're poor.. rich people can afford justice because they're rich.. they can afford education. Poor people cannot afford anything. It's denied to them. This is injustice.. we say it's not owed to them that no one owes them anything. If you're going to dare even label this a civilization then maybe you do actually owe people something. Stop preying on citizens.. stop treating us like the enemy..

Education is a birthright but they turned it into a rat race

I’m sorry if I’m overstepping, but isn’t saying the n word even if it’s in old literature, problematic?

Shows 7 out of 50 cards, describes it as the top 1%. I'm guessing why the author thinks it's "unfair" that he doesn't "test well."

Indians, join me together in laughing at the americans. This is like we seeing kids cry because an ant bit them while we wrestle with tigers. Ever heard of JEE?
Note this is just a joke, I am not trying to make fun of americans.

As an Asian we learn Algebra and Trigonometry in age 16
that's why Asian education is the best . Nothing fancy like SATS. An our Asian countries there's no poor or rich , you will be treated equal
( btw I'm not making America , I'm just making the education system 🙂 )

As an Asian this is completely hilarious 😆
exam is nothing for us [ and our college fee + exam is less then 500$ yes it's true 🙂 ]

In Brazil, every college has its own test, and we also have the federal test, Enem. We have federal (free) colleges, but Enem can also get you discounts on private colleges

Quite a few people have issues with the SAT. Most of them didn't do really well on the SAT. But your High School GPA ? Come on ! ! In addition to the obvious school-to-school differences, it is to a large degree influenced by activist parents, the kid's behaviour in school, his avoidance of certain courses, teachers, etc. Don't ditch the SAT until you come up with something better, AND then scrutenize it the way everyone does with the SAT.

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Sad thing is they start talking about race. As if race matters. Ever heard of Asians? They used to be discriminated against as much as Blacks and Hispanics were, yet have higher test scores and college admissions rates, etc. then whites.

In Russia we have EGE which basically ultimate difficult exam based on school programm. Universities checks only your EGE results and, if you wish, some great achievements you made in school like science Olympiad or GTO badge.

Check Iraq's 12th grade final exams and you'll thank God

I got a 35 on the ACT so I like these tests lol. Just be smarter

theres kids ik who've started preparing for NEET and JEE and other entrance exams since 5th grade so

Now SATs and ACTs are optional when applying. Amazing

Allow me to introduce the Brazilian National High School Exam (ENEM). Good luck competing with 3 million people over 225k seats at universities

I don't know why people hype so much on SATs, The more money your father have the better ur college get after SATs, It's not even near Gaokao and JEE even Neet...

Why do students cheat?
Because they only care about our grades, not the effort.

JEE ka dekh kar aana

school becoming harder as technology advances is hard? bro if you aren't at least finishing pre calc with a c+ by the end of highschool man are you going to need luck or be very very good at something else.