為什麽10年級的SAT成績不被認可？

Q1：為(wei) 什麽(me) 10年級的SAT成績不被認可？

並不是不認可，而是招生官會(hui) 更偏向采用11年級的分數作為(wei) 重要參考依據，因為(wei) 他們(men) 需要考察的是申請時刻學生的學術水平。雖然大部分學校沒有硬性說不收10年級的成績，但會(hui) “鼓勵”大家提交11年級的成績，比如卡內(nei) 基梅隆大學是這樣說的：

We believe that college admission testing in the 9th and 10th grades adds to the anxiety of a process that students won’t encounter for several years. As a result, we encourage students to submit 11th or 12th grade SAT or ACT scores. While earlier tests may measure knowledge at the time they are taken, that level of knowledge gradually evolves and doesn’t fully represent the knowledge students bring to college first-year courses. Should students present tests taken two or more years in advance of their first-year experience, we'd take the timing of the test results into consideration. The greater the amount of time prior to students' first year of college, the less we can rely on the test results as a fair representation of their knowledge entering Carnegie Mellon.

但這並不代表同學們(men) 要等到11年級才開始考試，SAT是個(ge) 長線規劃，很少有人能一次出分，因此建議同學們(men) 提前備考，10年級就開始實戰考試，最終在11年級春季出分。