Last Thursady, SAT scores were released, and juniors at Greeley West are facing a tough decision. Juniors have to decide how happy they are with their scores and whether or not it is worth it to retake the test in hopes of getting a higher score as more and more colleges today are not considering the SAT score as a major part of their acceptance process. Outside of extremely competitive schools like Ivy League schools, colleges are not requiring applicants to provide their SAT scores.  

Juniors at Greeley West, Kiera Kilinger, Faith Karnitz and Zuri Venegas, all shared the sentiment of being unhappy with how they tested at the April SAT and feeling like they need a better score to apply for the college of their choice. Kiera Kilinger stated that, “I want to go to college to be a part of the criminal justice system or to be a vet, so I feel that my SAT score is very important for what I want to do. 

IB Spanish teacher at Greely West, Nathan Evans, shared his feelings about how SATs are becoming less and less important. Evans stated that, “If you just want to go to college, but don’t have a specific university in mind. Once you’re getting to a certain bottom bench mark of the SAT, I don’t think it has a whole lot of value,” Evans said.

Evans argued that it doesn’t reflect the intelligence of the person taking the test and it’s just a measure of how good you are at test taking. 

Looking at back at her junior Year, senior at Greeley West, Fatima Lone, said that she doesn’t really feel like all the work she put into studying was worth it to an extent stating that, “If you are a qualified applicant and you have a lot to bring to the table, that’s just as important as getting a good score.“