One teenager flew from Tokyo to Boston to take the test in March only to learn that it had been canceled.With President Trump and the First Lady testing positive for Covid-19 early this morning, students scheduled to take the SAT tomorrow may decide they don’t want to sit for three-and-a-half hours in an enclosed space with strangers. They may also find that their test center has closed at the last minute without notice.
Families have struggled to get information in advance of scheduled tests. Cohen’s experience is typical. One teenager flew from Tokyo to Boston to take the test in March only to learn that it had been canceled. Another reported having her SAT canceled five times. She contacted her October 3 test center directly and was told capacity would be limited. But as of this Thursday, College Board hadn’t told her whether she would have a seat this coming Saturday.
Though I got through quickly, since the spring, families have reported long hold times. After her son’s March SAT was canceled, a California parent says she spent nine hours on hold trying to register him for another location. In an email yesterday she said that her son’s September 26 SAT was canceled on September 25, “and we have no faith that October will happen.” Her son has decided to give up trying to take the test. “There is really no other choice,” she wrote.
Happened to bradenpierce24 and pierce_bw yesterday. Nondescript text and an email to Gmail’s spam folder meant he showed upexpecting to test.
DID YOU FORGET ABOUT COVID
Unfortunately, we are in this mess as well. This is my youngest sons senior year in high school. Last March, cancelled night before test after he took a 6 week prep class. It was the beginning of covid. Many colleges are saying OPTIONAL but CONSIDERED. So let’s be real, not opt!
They should just forget all pretenses and take money from students in exchange for a certificate that certifies that they spent money on a test.
Maybe it’s time to just let over priced standardized tests die.
ryan_cryan
People are getting ripped off
Shut down the colleges
And the college mess. They keep trying to charge students and don’t deliver the goods