I couldnt agree with you more. I think standardized tests are the absolute worst. IMHO I wish we had a better approach in our educational system in which how we evaulate our ability. Why cant these people in education come up with more of an out of the box approach. Especially when you have kids or even young adults that learn in different ways. Plus people use different sides of their brain too. I just think that kids shouldnt be discriminated or labeled because they cant perform when given a standardized test. At least one that doesnt account for the kids that are challenged because of it because of the format or the approach. I'm convinced that standardized tests are just part of the problem of our great bureaucracy.
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Originally posted by aggieAXO
Doesn't that make people mad. I know with the SAT, Mcat, GRE etc..... if you do well but have a low GPA then that's ok but god forbid it is the other way around. I am terrible at standardized tests but great at studying and making good grades. The fact that I was hammered at my vet. school interview about my crappy GRE score for at least 1/2 the interview and my good GPA was never brought up made me to say the least pissed off. I basically told the 2 Drs that The GRE meant nothing in my opinion. Just b/c a person can take an 6-8 hr test does not mean they are going to be able to have the study skills and time management to pass 21 hrs per semester of vet. school. I am surprised they let me in after making that comment. I would probably do horrible on the LSAT as I am a slow reader but I can read something one time and have it pretty much memorized and understood (that is probably why I did so horrible is I would never finish one of those darn tests-always had to pick"C" at the last minute for about 1/3 of the questions). Does anyone else feel the same way about these tests???
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