[pflats]

Traditionally, Americans applying to Ivy schools take the SATs sometime midway through their 3rd year of High School, when they're anywhere from 16-17. Many will take it this month.

Also, as you may know, many calculators today have a CAS, a Computer\Calculator Algebra System, that will gladly give responses as a surd or fraction (or even solve a differential equation). To my knowledge, College Board has yet to ban a calculator for a CAS.

[willyt]

Whoa! Calculators were nowhere near as fancy as that back then. We were allowed programmable graphic calculators but the invigilators pressed the hard reset button on the back as you went in to the exam to make sure you hadn't stored anything on it.