Revised SAT Won’t Include Obscure Vocabulary Words.

[SheilaT]

7. I read a lot. A whole lot. More than most people.

And while I recognize words that I'd never ever be using , and I also use words that other people sometimes look confused at, I think all too often the SAT vocabulary words are beyond obscure and are often used in ways that are confusing.

There's a way to test for a strong vocabulary without going to a ridiculous point.

Sort of like the National Spelling Bee. The kids who win those usually spend hours and hours every day memorizing words even too obscure for the SAT people, and while it's nice they can spell words they will never again encounter, it's not an entirely useful skill.


Somehow getting people interested in reading regularly would be vastly more effective than memorizing lists of words.