... greater range of colleges to choose from rather than be forced to attend a school because of bad test scores. Some regard the abolishment of the SAT as a good thing. That it will give more quality students with poor testing scores, and otherwise good educational qualities, the chance to enter into fine schools. On the other hand, opponents say that the test's elimination would lead to lower academic standards for the college's student applicants. Mr. Garcia drives the main point of the essay home when he brings up the point that most students, who do not do well on the SAT, meet and probably exceed the school's admissions requirements. In addition, he states that those who do well probably have done so because of high priced test preparation that all students can not afford. Any measure of merit should include consideration of the circumstances (family problems, general schooling, extracurricular, ...

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