Snooki and the S.A.T.

• Position: College Prep - Nicole Catherine Polizzi of the reality television program 'Jersey Shore' - Brief article

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If you're a junior or senior gearing up to take the S.A.T. or A.C.T., vocabulary and math drills are useful, but watching a little Jersey Shore could also help. An essay question on the S.A.T. last month about reality TV--"How authentic can these shows be when producers design challenges for the participants and then editors alter filmed scenes?"--caught some students off guard and generated a lot of post-test discussion. "This is one of those times when I wish I actually watched reality...