Some College Don't Require SAT Scores ..... But!!!!

Although some colleges don't require an SAT score for acceptance don't get too comfortable and think that those scores are not important.  There  appears to be a growing practice by some universities of purchasing lists of students names that have done well on their SAT to focus their marketing activities.  See the link below for some additional insight to the topic.

"Colleges from Bowdoin in Maine to Pitzer in California dropped the SAT entrance exam as a requirement, saying it favors the affluent, penalizes minorities, and doesn't predict academic success. What they don't advertise is that they find future students by buying names of those who do well on the test."

To see this recommendation, click on the link below or cut and paste it into a Web browser:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2011/07/20/colleges_drop_sat_but_still_buy_names_of_high_scoring_students/?s_campaign=8315