Just look at Harvard. Since they don't require any additional essays applying there is now literally just a button press away - wouldn't you?
I never understood the pressure for highest SAT average. There are way more people with lower scores who want an education, and they don't want to go to a school where they have the lowest "aptitude" or preparation.
If everyone's acceptance rate went down, then no one's ranking went up.
(if you define "minorities" to exclude the country's second largest, and fastest growing minority group)
I define Nevadans as a minority in the U.S. It is obvious that this standardized test discriminates against this minority.
Don't even get me started on people taller than two meters. ACT won't even show that data because it is so telling.
The thread from last week showing that "Asian" kids' SAT scores crushed "White" kids' scores in Michigan was pretty eye-opening alongside the current Supreme Court cases regarding admissions and Asians.
One of my favorite opinion pieces about the SAT, from a few years ago, came from a black guy who grew up in rural Mississippi or somewhere like that. He argued that the SAT was the only thing that gave him a level playing field, where he could prove his equivalence, in college admissions against kids from elite private schools and wealthy public school districts. His position made sense to me.