SAT tests are administered in Virginia nearly every month, throughout the year. As students, we are familiar with CollegeBoard and individually preparing ourselves for the 180 minute test; we utilize our resources such as Khan Academy, online prep classes, and of course, past SAT tests and answer keys. Recently, a war on CollegeBoard has broken out due to reports of leaked test scores circulating China. Most students and opinionated individuals have taken to twitter to express general concerns; one post reads,

“You reused a test that had been leaked online after the last time you used it! What were you thinking?” (@Kthagen via twitter).

Students, mostly seniors, are furious with CollegeBoard as this SAT score could be their last chance before college applications are due.

“I don’t know what I will do because I had not taken an SAT prior to the August test,” senior Lauren Sproat said, “and now I am afraid I will not have a test score to submit to my college choices,”

The bigger issue to many is not the test being available online, but more of the concern that CollegeBoard is recycling tests and giving some students an unfair advantage compared to others. CollegeBoard as of now has declined to say whether or not the August SAT scores will be discarded and released a general statement about the controversy saying “After every test administration, we go to great lengths to make sure that all test scores we report are accurate and valid. In order to do so, we take additional quality control steps before scores are released. A comprehensive statistical analysis is one way we can determine if a student gained an unfair advantage. When appropriate, we will cancel test scores.”