I don't entirely understand your objection. the "meat-and-potatoes" skills tested by the SAT seem to be english vocab and algebra. there's certainly some gray area in the meanings of english words, but the examples on the SAT tend to be pretty cut and dry. as for the basic algebra questions, I don't really see how it could make sense for the answer not to be determined beforehand. 5 will always be the x value that make 5x = 25 true.

seems like as good a way as any to predict whether you'll be able to handle the rigor of 100-level courses in your freshman year. basically answers the question: "can you read and understand what we plan to assign?"

edit: out of curiosity I perused some of your other posts. it seems like you have a pretty good grasp of english vocab and sentence construction. I'm not really sure how you could have bombed the critical reading and writing sections.