Standardized Testing Argumentative Essay

Every college in the United States has different admission requirements. These requirements may range from essay, extracurricular activities, GPA and standardized test scores. All these requirements are put together to have a better insight on a students capabilities and knowledge. In recent years, debates have been talked about the importance of standardized testing in college admissions such as the SAT (Scholastic Assessment Test) and the ACT (American College Testing). Many people advocate that college should prioritize the importance of this test toward a student’s admission process. In contrast to the there opponents that these test are very invaluable. In retrospect SAT and ACT is still a viable option in determining a students admission to a college and should be use in conjunction to the other requirements.
In many years colleges have used standardized testing as a
Getting high score boost up the change of a student getting into the college. If the student is lacking something on their application, getting a high score on the SAT and ACT will fill the missing gap. This works in the other way. Yet still many opponents still oppose on its importance because of economic status. Opponents argue that the test is very expensive and only the people who are wealthy can afford to take the test multiple times. They are completely right, hypothetically students who takes the test multiple times have a better understanding on what is expected on the test when they take it for another time. Students who can only take the test once or twice have less understanding. Yet their claim lacked information that, a student who cannot afford the test may have their test fees waive. This is based on how well a family is doing financially. I for one have my test waived because of my family financial status. This meant that I could take the test multiple