Benefits Of Taking A Stand Essay

Taking a Stand Essay It’s 8 a.m. on a Saturday morning and most people are still curled up in bed. Instead, you’re sitting in a classroom with about 20 other students, who are also panicked about the same test you are about to take. The 20 other students in the classroom, however, are all from different economic classes, races, religions, and genders. Despite that, each and every one of you are grouped together to take the same test. The test administrator instructs you to begin, and every student, equipped with a #2 pencil, begins swiftly reading and vigorously filling in bubbles. You’re panicked and sweating because you know the test you are taking is going to determine your future and what colleges you’ll get into. What I just described was any of the standardized tests that high school students are subjected to for the sake of college admissions. The two most prominent tests, the ACT and the SAT, are standardized tests required by virtually all colleges. If every high school student is taking the same test, regardless of ethnic background, educational background, family income, or prior experience, you may begin to question the fairness of standardized testing at all. Standardized tests are unfair and no indicator of how a …show more content…
It helps students stand out from the multitudes of other applicants, and it makes the application process easier for colleges. However, both of those points are over shadowed by the fact that the tests are not completely fair for every student; therefore, these tests cannot be used to determine their future. As a result, colleges need to stop requiring these unfair and biased tests. Additionally, they need to begin to use things such as high school grades and extra-curricular activities to choose from the pile of college applicants. As a society that is working towards equality for all, it is conflicting to require a test that does not provide equality for