[SuziQ]

I believe the new SAT was designed with the writing component so that, if necessary, colleges would be able to compare the SAT writing sample with the essays that the student submitted at the time of application. Colleges were finding that students were sending in fabulous essays, then when they arrived, they couldn’t write worth a darn. They realized that some students were buying their essays from others and not sending in their own work.

[eyedigress]

After you take the miliary entrance exam, you take it again under strict control.

[neverdem]

I believe the new SAT was designed with the writing component so that, if necessary, colleges would be able to compare the SAT writing sample with the essays that the student submitted at the time of application. Colleges were finding that students were sending in fabulous essays, then when they arrived, they couldn’t write worth a darn. They realized that some students were buying their essays from others and not sending in their own work.

LOL! That's an interesting angle!