New SAT Scoring System Leads to Frustration Among Students, Parents, and Colleges

This week, the 300, 000 students who suffered through the new SATs on March 12 are now recieving their scores. How did they do? No one knows, yet. The Washington Post says that everyone is scratching their heads trying to decode the scores of our nation's students. Remember that the new SATs have a new scoring system were the 2400 is considered perfect (in the old test, a 1600 was the perfect score). This new system is causing much confusion the those who are used to the old system.

Even colleges like Georgetown University and the University of Virginia aren't 100 percent sure how to deal with the entire test, though they still plan to use portions of the new SAT in the admissions process.

In response to the confusion, the College Board, which administers the test, advised students, parents, and everyone else who is a bit peeved by the scoring system to avoid comparing most of the new SAT to the old SAT. In addtion, the Board said that, it will take at least a year before they will have a large enough sample to provide average scores and percentile information for everyone.