I missed this before. But adding the essay question was suppose to differentiate and still perfect scores.

And didn't they just redo the SAT, maybe not for this year.

And more and more kids are taking the AP courses.

I think you are just getting too many kids that can do well on strictly an academic basis.

It was similar for Hunter high school. The test to get in used to be just scores. But too many good scores. So the cut-off on the score got you to the essay. And the essay became the key. But that could eliminate all these STEM PGs that aren't the greatest at essay writing.

I think making the test harder is being tried. But you just get the greater majority of kids hitting the target coming from India and China.