![]() Your “scholastic aptitude” is much more complex than what the SAT tests you on. Even if you think the SAT is a pretty good measure of IQ-and it’s not an IQ test-there’s a whole lot more that goes into academic performance than just that, including motivation, social skills, creativity, and more. “Scholastic” means academic, and “aptitude” means innate skill it implied that they were able to test you on how well you were bound to perform in school settings. So why did they scrap that?īesides sounding like a cold, robotic form of torture (which you may or may not think the test actually is), the original name of the SAT didn’t sit right with a lot of people. ![]() ![]() The Complete History of What the SAT Stands For 1926: The Scholastic Aptitude Testįor the majority of its history, from the ‘20s up until the early ‘90s, the test was the “Scholastic Aptitude Test”. Keep reading to learn more about the history of the SAT and why it’s no longer associated with those names. Since its introduction in 1926, the SAT has taken on more than one official name. However, that hasn’t always been the case. By Lucas Fink on Ma, UPDATED ON February 25, 2022, in SATĬurrently, the SAT doesn’t stand for anything-it is just the name of the exam.
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