For the past two weeks, TIME has been asking famous and accomplished people to tell us their SAT scores. Most of them declined--which is a little strange, since the big bad test couldn't possibly hurt Alan Greenspan or Oprah Winfrey. But the SAT occupies a central place in the American psyche, lying at the terrifying intersection of ability, class and pride. As TV's Conan O'Brien put it, "It has taken 20 years to forget the trauma of that damned test, and looking up my scores would be like going back to Vietnam."
The test's prominence ensures that shouting matches will erupt...
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