[_delirium]

If high SAT scores meant that someone had learned the equivalent of a 4-year CS degree, sure, I'd be willing to consider them equivalent when hiring for a technical position. But high SAT scores just mean that you know basic, high-school-level arithmetic and reading comprehension, which is not quite the same thing.

It would be interesting to have some kind of exam showing equivalent knowledge, but I haven't seen attempts in that direction that aren't worse assessments than the degree/GPA. For example, as weird as law-school is, the bar exam is even weirder (deliberately so), and generally a terrible model to follow.

[Evbn]

Some states allow legal apprentices (paralegals) to sit for the bar without going to law school, if their mentor approves.