PRINCETON, NJ—The Educational Testing Service, developer of the Scholastic Aptitude Test, is creating a new section on the standardized college-entry test that for the first time addresses a crucial facet of students’ capabilities: their family’s potential to make full tuition payments.
“We carefully screen responses to questions such as ’What is the number represented by x if x=price of your wristwatch subtracted from $10,000,’” test writer Anthony Clausewitz said. “And in our new, expanded essay section, we ask test-takers to solve disputes among servants, describe what it was like to attend their first polo match, and identify the important settlor and beneficiary characters in a fictional trust fund.”
Beginning in 2008, valet parking attendants at all SAT-testing sites will offer automatic Ivy League admission to students who arrive in luxury automobiles.
