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As another bar exam approaches, the fallout from July’s test is still wide-ranging, and well-suited for coverage by business journalists. (Photo via Pixabay.com) The bar exam in the United States, the latest edition of which will be administered Feb. 23-24, is a rite of passage for law school graduates. The test, which serves as their final academic obstacle to entering the legal profession, is older than the country itself. This gives the impression that it is a thoroughly ingrained tradition.  For over a century, however, the bar exam played a minimal role. Some states allowed any citize...

People do in doing an application and closing your fingers? >> i thought it couldn't be more intense. there was no big test prep industry. the people that charge $50,000 just to hold your hand from the 8th grade to the 12th grade and help you make every decision so you will impress the committee alt harvard. there is a woman that runs a weekend essay refinement thing. $14,000 for three days. those seminars are over subscribed. >> aren't these rich people's problems? i hear about this it seems very northeastern. very elite about getting to even the upper echelon of elite. a lot of kids think th...

An essay that nonetheless is factually incorrect. that needs to be fixed and clearly is going to be. but the s.a.t. maintains this test is biased, in favor of students from wealthier families. wealthy kids can take some expensive prep classes, if not private tutoring, take the test multiple times. do you think this is going to level out the playing field, all these changes? >> i think these are important steps towards a test that will help with those issues. is it perfect? i don't think so. i think we're seeing real effort on the part of the college board to address these issues. they are part...

Were taken. police are still trying to figure out where they got the pot. the s.a.t., that high-stakes test endured by generations of high school students hoping to go to college is getting a makeover. the test has been getting longer and the test prep industry bigger and bigger. so will the latest tweaks be an improvement? here is abc's cecilia vega. >> reporter: it's the test taken by millions of americans every generation for over 80 years, now changing to become more modern, relevant and fair. obscure vocabulary words that only ever seem to come up in multiple choice test questions, gone...

Saying what disciplinary actions were taken. police are still trying to figure out where they got the pot. the s.a.t., that high-stakes test endured by generations of high school students hoping to go to college is getting a makeover. the test has been getting longer and the test prep industry bigger and bigger. so will the latest tweets be an improvement? here is abc's cecilia vega. >> reporter: it's the test taken by millions of americans every generation for over 80 years, now changing to become more modern, relevant and fair. obscure vocabulary words that only ever seem to come up in mul...