Response to the Seattle Boycott Article

Standard tests are usually the most efficient way to test teenagers in order to get into college but, is it the only thing necessary?

Many colleges in the United States have changed their way to evaluate the people for the application, adding a portfolio, which is a way to describe yourself with no bonds and no restrictions. 

The personal portfolio is probably one of the most important tests to do on an application to university because it is about yourself, and through this method, the proffessor can know more things about you without even meeting you before.

Normally, in the US there weren't many universities that required the personal portfolio and stated that the best and unique test was the standard test. This evaluation included a simple way to put the students into challenges that were hard to solve, but it was very efficient. 

Suddenly, something happened: the whole state of California refused to do the standard tests. This caused a disaster in the college world, so the group of people that did the exams re-designed the test for the state of California. Even though this happened, many teachers of the Garfield School in Seattle refused to make the test in their school.

This is what happened to some states of the United States and we should have a reflection about this, so we as a class thought; would our parents support the elimination of standard tests for college applications? The class had a discussion, and finally decided that some parents would, and some wouldn't because some of them a so used to standard tests that no one can think of any way to do it better, but others are so open minded that they'd think of new ideas to test students for college.

Getting into college is important, but also very difficult. The standard tests have to be strong and useful, and are not the only thing necessary, in my opinion. I think that it is very important for a university to require a personal portfolio and a standard test, because it's important to know that the university knows you and why you are there.