text: should sats be more influential on the college admissions process? i'm working on a persuasive speech for english, and this is my topic, what are some good souces or ideas? so here are couple places to look they will give both sides then you can go from there hope you do well and good luck!!  http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~rgibson/satfascistorigins.htm  http://goliath.ecnext.com/comsite5/bin/pdinventory.pl?pdlanding=1&referid=2750&item_id=0199-3843354  http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0mjg/is_2_2/ai_87209069  http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,524393,00.html  oh and personal opinion as a student getting my teaching degree yes they are important to gage intelligence and the only reason there is a racial divide is because of the districts in witch the kid is taught bottom line i grew up in an all black district i did perfectly fine so did some of my friends others only got out because they were good at sports.and a good collage dosnt just look at your sat score anyway at least the ones i applied to didnt there needs to be a balance bettween what they look at well any way good luck with your speech knock them dead.