Document Type
Coming of Age and Education Essay
Publication Date
2003
Excerpt
During the latter part of autumn in 2001, I was encouraged by my senior English teacher to finalize my decision on which colleges I wanted to apply to and be diligent to get all the applications done and mailed. For the most part this was not a difficult task. I knew my address well, had all my admissions essays completed, and my mom had all of the fee checks prepared for me, but there was that one dreaded blank I had "accidentally" skipped over: SAT or ACT score. I did not have horrible scores on either of the tests, but my scores were not something that I was proud of and were not impressive enough to gain me any sort of extra scholarship at my institution of choice. I kept asking myself a series of questions. Why did those scores matter? Why did colleges require them?
Recommended Citation
Harvey, Alison, "More than a Test Score (2003)" (2003). The Valpo Core Reader. 129.
http://scholar.valpo.edu/core_reader/129
