Blog Post Four

College is always a stressful thing to think about for teenagers. There are so many components to go along with getting into the school of your choice. Maintaining grades, standardized testing, writing out your personal statements, thinking about money, etc. Those are only half of the things that we need to worry about. The list could go on and on. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could do away with some of that stress so that we could have a more fun and enjoyable high school experience? I think so. A lot of the stress comes from all of the standardized testing that we have to go through in order to gain admission into the college of our choice. I think it is all unnecessary and more colleges would benefit from not having test scores as criteria in the admissions process. Colleges would benefit because perhaps there would be a higher acceptance rate and/or a higher applicant rate. Teenagers would benefit because there would be a lower stress level among them, and students would then have more time to focus on their grades or extracurriculars to maintain themselves being well-rounded throughout high school. The colleges would also make more money because of the higher level of attendance. I truly believe that everyone deserves an equal chance at a good, quality education and in some cases, test scores are getting in the way of that. Test scores sometimes restrict students from applying to certain schools because their scores don’t match the school’s criteria. If colleges would do away with the test score criteria, I think they would be a lot better off, and so would many students. Students would be more motivated to apply to more schools and keep their options open, instead of being restricted to only a few schools, and not often their top choices. So I say for the benefit of everyone, DO AWAY WITH TEST SCORES! (: