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After innumerable hours and even months of studying and stressing, the future of many high school students lies in the hands of a highly dreaded, pointless three hour and forty-five minute test none other than the SAT. There is no other word that evokes more stress, more agony in high school students than a simple three letter word that measures absolutely nothing at all. The SAT plays a pivotal role in college admissions throughout the nation, but should a test that lasts for less than four hours a sitting determine whether or not students are accepted into the college of their dreams? According to College Board, the organization that creates the test, the SAT is “designed to assess [a student’s] academic readiness in college” and “keep

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