http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/george-mason-and-others-makes-sat-optional.html personal finance blog with anecdotes, advice and commentary. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:56:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/george-mason-and-others-makes-sat-optional.html/comment-page-1#comment-8637 Amanda Fri, 26 May 2006 16:04:31 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/george-mason-and-others-makes-sat-optional.html#comment-8637 This is very exciting. I've never been a good standardized test taker, and the SATs/ACTs were the bane of my existence back in the day... as were the GMATs last year. Now if only we could get into B-School on excellent performance reviews alone! This is very exciting. I’ve never been a good standardized test taker, and the SATs/ACTs were the bane of my existence back in the day… as were the GMATs last year. Now if only we could get into B-School on excellent performance reviews alone!

]]> http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/george-mason-and-others-makes-sat-optional.html/comment-page-1#comment-8607 Jason Thu, 25 May 2006 20:57:30 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/george-mason-and-others-makes-sat-optional.html#comment-8607 I think the original idea was the have an easy way to categorize people on their intelligence or aptitude in certain areas. Problem is it tests two things: how much preparation you did for it and aptitudes that are not always directly related to how well your going to do in college. After a person passes a certain level of intelligence, the most important factor on how well they will do is worth ethic and time management. Devise an "SAT" to test those and your college admissions staff is much better prepared. I think the original idea was the have an easy way to categorize people on their intelligence or aptitude in certain areas. Problem is it tests two things: how much preparation you did for it and aptitudes that are not always directly related to how well your going to do in college. After a person passes a certain level of intelligence, the most important factor on how well they will do is worth ethic and time management. Devise an “SAT” to test those and your college admissions staff is much better prepared.

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