Which is to say you must learn to take written tests. Nothing negative about our military academies, but I do wonder about the validity of that specific requirement (3 SATs with increasing results). Taking it once with a high score, ought to be enough to assess your academic ability don’t you think?
And it would seem to be unfair if someone were sick and performing below their best on the last test.
As I said, it is one of the requirements. What they are looking for is increasing, striving to always do better. They aren’t looking for the intelectual as much as they are looking for the kid who can get 25 hours out of a 24 hour day. They are looking for leaders.