Although the SAT Reasoning Exam is not the perfect exam to measure one’s intelligence, I think the exam still comes pretty damn close.

Let’s forget about the writing section.

In the reading sections, you have to read complex passages and *deeply analyze* (AKA Think critically) the author’s intended meaning. You have to shift through the BS to understand irony.
You’re forced to draw conclusions based on the facts the authors give you.
Most of the questions in this section require incredible amounts of abstract thinking, something a normal person would be incapable of doing. This is why it is incredibly difficult for one’s reading score to improve phenomenally.

As for the math section, you don’t need anything above 7th grade math formulas to answer all the questions.
School teachers shove equations down your throat and force you to apply them without any thinking.
The SAT Math section, on the other hand, requires you to *MANIPULATE* learned equations with *thinking*.

The reason why so many people are against the “SAT-IQ” correlation is that people don’t want to admit that they’re stupid.

If only 5% of the entire human population can score 2000+ on the exam, how do you think the rest of the 2000- scorers would feel?