> Anyone can practice and improve their score Sure, as long as they have the free time to devote to that (which they may not, if they have to work through high

> Anyone can practice and improve their score Sure, as long as they have the free time to devote to that (which they may not, if they have to work through high school). Alternatively, they can hire an (expensive) tutor, which can help. If scores are an important factor for admission, then that selects for people who: * are good at standardized testing * or, have the extra time and/or money to improve their score The latter has strong correlation with socioeconomic status (and by extension, race). If their goal is to broaden the range of students attending, then eliminating the test as a factor helps. There are, of course, many other things at play here; but it's a start!