Great, now I can lord my good SAT score on the old, harder test over people even more :)
I said the same thing! My cousin told me she got an 1800 or something when she took it a few years ago, and I didn’t realize they changed it the way they did. I got a 1360 the first time I took it, and I thought I was hot crap. Kids today.
“One longstanding critique of the SAT has been that students from wealthier households do better because they can afford expensive test preparation classes.”
Having just done this with a senior in hs, wealthier household pay for everything and poor get waivers and some are even paid to take prep classes.
“The Times reported that low-income students will now be given fee waivers allowing them to apply to four colleges at no charge.”
Using the commonapp, you can apply up to 400 colleges free and, I have received dozens of letters from colleges that if we use the common app fees are waived.