College Entrance Exam Quotes

Well, I don't think that the SAT is a scam.

I was scheduled to graduate from high school in 1943, but I was in a course that was supposed to give us four years of high school plus a year of college in our four years. So by the end of my junior year, I would have had enough credits to graduate from high school.

Because the Advanced Placement Examination test is the required end-of-course examination, it cannot reasonably be viewed as a service or program for which a fee may be levied.

At some of our most competitive universities, 17 times the amount of students that can go to the school, apply. And these applicants are from all over the country, and admissions officers need ways to sort through them. The SAT is just one of those things.

To compete in a global economy, our students must continue their education beyond high school. To make this expectation a reality, we must give students the tools they need to succeed, including the opportunity to take a college entrance exam.

I don't remember writing anything until I wrote my college application.

I blew the college boards, and to ease the snub from Harvard made a tour of Europe.

The SAT is not particularly relevant to my life.

I was planning that whole athletic slide into Stanford rather than actually getting a 1450 on my SATs.

The SAT is a scam.

When I was in Class XI, I started preparing for medical college, and after that, the Miss India pageant.

The SAT plays an important role in helping admissions officers around the country sort out students, well-deserving students from 20,000 high schools that have different curriculums, different grading standards, and different ability to help students get ready for college.