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Hughes gave a more positive spin to Harvard's requirement of SAT scores.
"Test scores are a very small factor in admissions," Hughes said. "The SAT is no panacea for making college admissions decisions."
"High schools are telling us less," Hughes said. "What else do we have to look at?"
"Harvard sees two edges that make testing have some merit," Hughes said. "One is that there is a correlation between very high SAT scores and one's likelihood for getting a magna or summa degree, and the other is that there is some evidence that the SAT is an indicator...
According to Hughes, the SAT is useful in the admissions office's attempt to quantify the over 18,000 high school students who apply to Harvard every year. Grade point averages, because of grade inflation, are not always helpful tools, Hughes added. He said that many high schools do not...