SAT Testing scores should not limit the applicants to colleges.

I'll defend my points then extend my arguments against the affirmative case. The affirmative argues that "SAT scores can make or break an application" against my first contention, that college admission officers can use SAT scores to easily gauge an applicant's ability to succeed. This is a non sequitur. The fact that a bad SAT score can decrease a person's chance to get into a university doesn't have any affect on how easy it is for college admissions officers to compare number values. This was his only attack on my first contention. My opponent argues that "there are schools that do accept mainly on SAT scores", without offering any examples of such schools. I challenged my opponent to find a single school that puts more emphasis on SAT scores than GPA, and I extend this challenge to the next round as well. This was his only attack on my second contention. My opponent attacks my third contention by stating " I say, he is wrong. No single piece of information, such as a test, can predict with 100 percent certainty what a student's progress and academic status will be in college. This is because many factors which include personal motivation, which influence your college grades." I never stated that the SAT would predict with 100% certainty and that is not the resolution at all. The resolution is that "SAT Testing scores should not limit the applicants to colleges." It says nothing about the SAT predicting with 100% accuracy a student's success rate, and neither did I. The argument he was responding to was "that Standardized tests are predictable, which sets almost all students on an even playing field." which has nothing to do with predicting a student's progress at all. He then quotes collegeboard, one of my sources. He says that "Note when it says "college match", the College board means to say another college with a lower standard and not the college the applicant would like to attend." and I completely agree with this. A student that scores poorly on the SAT should not get to go to their first choice school if there are applicants with a similar GPA and extracurriculars, etc. and a higher SAT score. Since my opponent's first contention has not changed, my arguments against it will also not change. Students are allowed to take the test multiple times, as my opponent stated. Statistics do show that students who take the SAT again WITHOUT PREPARATION will not improve their scores. (Sorry for caps, but I can't find a bold or anything on this website) Most students that study after taking the SAT will improve their scores for the next time they take it. (1) My opponent brings up "The Case Against the SAT" in his second contention, which uses data from the NLS of the high school class of 1972. In 1972, the highest score on the SAT was 1600. In 1972, the SAT was conducted very differently. The SAT of today has been revised multiple times and does not contain nearly as many flaws as the SAT of 1972. And yet, even the SAT of 1972 ADDED to the correct forecasts in admissions. Even if the number were 0.1, the SAT should still be used, as it does add towards the chance that college admissions officers admit students that will not fail. My opponent's third contention is "that grades should be worth more because they take longer to aquire". First of all, grades are valued more than the SAT by most colleges.(2) Second, 2/3 of the students in college in 1990 had little to no discrepancy between what their GPA would predict for them and what their SAT score would predict for them. (3) Third, just because something takes longer to acquire does not mean that it is in any way better. For example, overcooked pasta takes longer to make than properly cooked pasta. Just because the process is longer does not make the overcooked pasta any tastier, and just because the high school process is longer does not make it any more valid. Next, my opponent says that "A student will be judged with grades in college. It's a no-brainer to everyone. Students who do better in school will do better in another school" but this is completely fallacious. Grades in college are different from grades in high school. College grades generally have a much higher basis on test scores like midterms and finals than high schools do. "It's a no-brainer to everyone" is just a bandwagon argument. "Students who do better in school will do better in another school" is just false. There is no evidence that a student that performs well at a school will perform well at another school. This is similar to arguing that a heart surgeon would be good at brain surgery because they both cut people open. College and high school are two very different things. As my opponent stated above, " No single piece of information, such as a test, can predict with 100 percent certainty what a student's progress and academic status will be in college. This is because many factors which include personal motivation, which influence your college grades." No single piece of information, such as a GPA can predict how well a student will perform. That is why the SAT should be used along with high school GPA and many other factors to help a college admissions officer determine whether or not to admit an applicant. (1)-http://mycollegeguide.org... (2)-https://www.collegedata.com... (3)-http://professionals.collegeboard.com...