October 10, 2008

Surviving Without the SAT

By ANN B. MCDERMOTT

SAT scores still wield a mighty force in our culture and in the psyches of teenagers, even though 760 American colleges and universities, including my own, have made standardized testing an optional part of the admissions process. After admitting three classes of students under a testing-optional policy adopted in April 2005, I was startled this spring when I found it difficult to convince my own daughter, who was disappointed in her SAT scores, that her future is not dictated by the results

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