英语翻译As a professor at a large American university,there is a

英语翻译
As a professor at a large American university,there is a phrase that I hear often from students:“I’m only a 1050.”The unlucky students are speaking of the score on the Seholastic Aptitude Test (SAT),which is used to determine whether they will be admitted to the college or university of their choice,or even if they have a chance to get a higher education at all.The SAT score,whether it is 800,1100 or 1550,has becomes the focus at this time of their life.
It is obvious that if students value highly their test scores,then a great amount of their self-respect is put in the number.Students who perform poorly on the exam are left feeling that it is all over.The low test score,they think,will make it impossible for them to get into a good college.And without a degree from a prestigious university,they fear that many of life’s doors will remain forever closed.
According to a study done in the 1990s,the SAT is only a reliable indicator of a student’s future performance in most cases.Interestingly,it becomes much more accurate when it is set together with other indicators——like a student’s high school grades.Even if standardized tests like the SAT could show a student’s academic proficiency（学业水平）,they will never be able to test things like confidence,efforts and willpower,and are unable to give us the full picture of a student’s potentialities（潜力）.This is not to suggest that we should stop using SAT scores in our college admission process.The SAT is an excellent test in many ways,and the score is still a useful means of testing students.However,it should be only one of many methods used.

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作为一所美国大学的一位教授,我经常从学生的口中听到一句话：“我只有1050分.”这些不幸的学生所说的是SAT测试的分数,分数的多少决定了他们能否被他们所选择的大学录取,或者有时甚至决定了他们能否有继续深造的机会.所以SAT的分数,不管是800分,1100分或者是1550分,已经成为了这个时期他们生活的焦点.
很明显,如果学生很看重他们的考试成绩,那么他们的自尊心很大程度会体现在分数上.考试中表现很差的学生会感觉到一切都完了.他们认为,低分数意味着他们不可能进入一个好的大学.而如果没有取得一所有名望的大学的学位,他们害怕生活的很多扇门会对他们永远的关闭.
20世纪90年代所做的一项研究显示,大多数情况下,SAT的成绩只是一个学生将来表现的一种比较可靠的指示器而已.有趣的是,如果SAT的成绩和其他的指示器相结合来看——比如一个学生在高中的成绩,则对将来的预示性会精确的多.像SAT之类的标准测试尽管能够显示出一个学生的学业水平,但不能测试出学生的自信心,努力程度和毅力之类的品质,也不能够让我们看到学生全部的潜力.这不是说我们应该在大学录取程序中停止使用SAT分数标准制度.SAT在很多方面都是一个很出色的测试,分数也仍然是检测学生的一种有用的方法.然而,它只能是众多方法中的一种而已.