Anger Over SAT Essay Question on Reality Television

Is the College Board favoring students who are experts on Snooki? Many students who took the SAT this month were surprised to find an essay prompt on reality television shows, and some students who prefer more educational forms of entertainment complain that they were at a disadvantage in writing their essays, The New York Times reported. Student discussion boards have many comments from students who took the most recent SAT saying that they don't watch television or this particular genre. College Board officials defended the question, saying that all the information students needed for the essay was in the prompt.