> The real culprit here is the lack of public infrastructure.
What was your area like? I grew up similarly poor but in a wealthy area and would walk several miles to a public library for early computer access, biked to school, etc.
My SAT's weren't on campus. It was on some other campus I never heard of on the other side of town. I biked the school but without a parent would have needed to trek across town on a saturday morning (easily 20+ miles, in the mid 00's right before smartphones would just provide a GPS, so I'd be juggling printed MapQuest directions on a bike) to get there. I'd be cutting it if I took a bus since they ran hourly and I believe the weekend buses started at 8Am for a 9AM test time.
Also note that I could drive by this time but we only had one car between my mother and I.
Not sure I would call the area I lived in wealthy. Probably middle-class suburban area. My high school at the time did not offer SAT/ACT testing on campus. If I recall correctly, and it's been a while so I might be misremembering, the closest SAT/ACT testing location was at the community college in the next city over.
What was your area like? I grew up similarly poor but in a wealthy area and would walk several miles to a public library for early computer access, biked to school, etc.
Even then, our school offered SAT, etc.