Designed to measure the math, reading, and writing skills necessary to predict college success, the SAT Reasoning Test is the most popular and widely accepted exam used for admission at the university available today. A group of U.S. colleges developed its first form, known as the College Entrance Exam, in 1901. This essay-only test was designed for students applying to colleges to take an entrance exam instead of separate exams for each university. In 1926, the college entrance exam became the SAT (Student Aptitude Test). The test was structured as multiple choice in order to objectively evaluate a student's university preparation, while at the same time offering all students an equal opportunity for success. Since then, the test's title has been changed again and no longer stands for Student Aptitude Test due to the multifaceted purpose of the test. Published by the Educational Testing Service, the test's current title, “SAT,” is just an acronym that no longer means anything. However, the SAT is constantly being developed to better evaluate student academic performance (“History of the Tests,” 2014). Since 1926, the College Board has been the nonprofit organization responsible for overseeing the SAT. The latest edition of the SAT (SAT I: Reasoning Test) was redesigned in 2005, and over a century of research has been completed by educators and universities to ensure the test fairly projects college success. The SAT is offered seven times a year in the United States (and six times at international sites), only at College Board-designated SAT testing centers. The SAT program provides administrators with the training necessary to administer the SAT, along with testing materials and all required support (“College Board,” 2014). Any student can register...... half document ..... .itivi. Some may debate the fairness of the SAT as they consider the test regarding college admissions decisions. Colleges prefer the SAT because it gives students from disadvantaged backgrounds a good chance of admission. The misconception that colleges admit students solely based on SAT scores leads some people to believe that the SAT itself is unfair. However, this is not true. Personally I believe that university success is determined by a multitude of factors and that different cases make it impossible to predict. It is important to recognize that the SAT only measures predicted success. It will never be possible to predict whether a student who scores high on the SAT will choose or be able to do well in a college environment. However, when universities are looking for students, they deserve to know the odds and to be able to select students who are most likely to succeed.