I enjoyed this week's debate on whether or not intelligence tests should be used in college admissions. I have heard people raise the idea of this issue before, but I have never really listened to the arguments before. In my opinion, I think they should continue to be used but not because they are a "complete picture" of an applicant. I think that colleges should continue to use SAT/ACT scores as a part of the admissions process, but only a part. In our current system, other factors such as class ranking, GPA, extracurriculars, and application essays are considered, but our society seems to put more weight on SAT scores.
In order to make the admissions process fair to all applicants, we need to remember that those scores are only part of the picture. Getting a lower score should not make teenagers feel inadequate, which unfortunately it tends to do. We put so much stress on the importance of improving our test scores and buying practice test books and paying for prep courses, rather than accepting that some people may not test as well as others and moving on from that to focus on other aspects that can reflect their intelligence and abilities.
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