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SATs, ACTs Beef Up Security After Cheating Scandals
In the wake of an embarrassing cheating scandal that saw high-scoring students using fake IDs to take college entrance exams on behalf of other students, the SAT...
Our Love-Hate Relationship With the SATs
There is little love for the SAT. How little, you ask? When a massive cheating scandal erupted this fall, fewer people rushed to defend the test than rose to...
Money: SATs for J-O-B-S
Applied for a job lately? Then your prospective employer probably knows how you spend your Saturday nights. Your could-be boss may also know more about your...
Should SATs Matter?
For the past two weeks, TIME has been asking famous and accomplished people to tell us their SAT scores. Most of them declined--which is a little strange, since...
An Excuse To Mention My 1480 Sat Score
I had always heard that your 20s are your most fertile creative time; few people have accomplished anything great after 30--not Einstein, not Newton, not Linda...
RACE IN AMERICA: WHAT DOES SAT STAND FOR?
Here's a question you won't find on the SAT: What does SAT stand for? A) Scholastic Aptitude Test. B) Scholastic Assessment Test. C) Slimy and Atrocious Torture...
Education: Testing: S.A.T.s under Fire
S.A.T.s Under Fire With the snows of winter comes a traumatic experience for 1,400,000 of the nation's preparatory and high school students: they must suffer...
Education: Decline in the SATs
In New York City last week the College Entrance Examination Board issued a profile of the 1,000,000 American 1973 high school seniors who took its Scholastic...
What Asian Americans Reveal About Affirmative Action
As the Supreme Court prepare to reopen the issue of affirmative action, we can expect another fierce debate about whether college admissions should be color...
How Affirmative Action Backfires at Universities
The Supreme Court announced last week that it would hear a challenge to the University of Texas’ use of racial preferences in undergraduate admissions. Since the...
