Blog Post Three

So I was browsing through some college websites the other day, and I came across some information that I thought was interesting. A bunch of the liberal arts colleges don’t always require standardized testing scores to be included in your application process. It is more based on talent, because a liberal arts college is, well, an artistic abilities school. I also found out that most colleges out east & west require the SAT, and not so much the ACT. While the central United States colleges look more at the ACT and not so much the SAT. Now we all know that all of the standardized tests are expensive, especially if you go and take more than one, or take one multiple times, such as the ACT if you dislike your score. I took the ACT three times, and the English and Biology Subject tests. There are a variety of tests you can take to gain admission into a college, but I personally think all of those tests are a waste of valuable time & money. As I have said many times before, college admissions should be based on your involvement in high school, NOT how well you do on a test. There are many advantages to not taking the tests and just working on how well rounded you become, but also not forgetting to stay on track academically. I believe that your grades should have a part in the admission process, but the extracurricular activities should count for more. I think a lot more students would benefit from it that way than how it is right now. I think there would be a higher college attendance if that’s how it was, because then people might think that they are able to get a higher education, and it wouldn’t just be based on how smart you were. I believe that way would be very successful, but only time will tell if that process would ever come through.