Why is the university of California dropping the SAT?
Cancelling SAT (especially subject exams) is the stupidest decision I&#x27;ve seen anywhere. Make access more fair? Sure. Cancel it? Plain wrong!<p>How do I know? I&#x27;m one of those students who didn&#x27;t have stellar high school grades, but I excelled in subject exams --- those subjects were genuinely interesting to me (math, science). I didn&#x27;t find the rest of high school interesting, and I wasn&#x27;t a nerd nerd studying anything my parents told me to study. I turned out &quot;ok&quot; (graduated as the top my class in college, then had a successful career in top tech companies). Without that final exam that gave me the opportunity, I probably wouldn&#x27;t be typing this message today.<p>I&#x27;m not even counted as &quot;diverse&quot; (because I&#x27;m not black or hispanic) despite coming from a muslim family and middle eastern background. I can only select &quot;white&quot;, though I&#x27;m not really white (european).<p>Today&#x27;s admission debates and anti-racist treatments are wrong at so many levels, I don&#x27;t know where to start.