Have I mentioned that I really don't like the College Board? They make up tests to stress teenagers out and have the gall to charge exorbiant prices for them. They've got us so freaked out that there's a whole industry thriving on trying to calm us down through guidebooks, tutoring, etc.
Do you have any idea how much money College Board makes out of stressing teenagers out?
Let's do a little math.
How many tests does the good, motivated student take in order to get into college?
Well, there's the SAT, which most people take at least twice, two SAT IIs, the PSAT, and let's say 4 AP tests.
So, that's $43 (x2), $20 (x2), $13, and $84 (x4), which totals to a nice and tidy
$475!!!
And that's not counting the $20 late fees, $21 change fees if you need to change where you're taking your test, the $50 in-depth score reports for the overacheiving student.
Let's assume that all of the people who applied to Harvard last year took at least the number of tests mentioned above (although most probably took more). How much money did College Board make off of just the applicants to Harvard last year?
475 x 22,796= $10,828,100!
Yes, that's right, folks, College Board made over ten million dollars (and this is a conservative estimate) on just the applicants to Harvard last year.
And did I mention that College Board is a non-profit organization?
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