Earlier today, I took the SAT. I will make my comments brief as I would prefer not to risk having my score canceled, if by some cruel twist of fate the College Board managed to discover that I had posted test details on my website.

In short, the test was very long, very painful, and the writing section completely idiotic. I now believe that the ETS needs to add an option "F" to all of the sentence error questions. In my mind, option "F" should read something like this:

F) The author should completely rewrite the sentence

I have no idea whether these questions come from a consortium of post-doctoarte researchers or a group of inept high schoolers. But regardless of their origins, the sentences need more work than a simple tense change. While I may score well on the writing section, I hope colleges never decide to incorporate it into the admissions process; no college student should write such horrible sentences.