Ok, fair point. It's not that being unmotivated should be encouraged, it's that you can get away with it much better if you're wealthy. I guess the question her

Ok, fair point. It's not that being unmotivated should be encouraged, it's that you can get away with it much better if you're wealthy. I guess the question here is whether we want the SAT to be resource-blind. If you come from a rich enough family (and damn have I seen this happen), you can throw money at low motivation all the way through college. Take 8 years, pay summer tuition, hire tutors, whatever. So the SAT is an accurate reflection of future prospects in that sense, but people arguing it should reflect personal attributes instead of whole-culture odds of success aren't going to be pleased about it.