The SAT test had an essay, and there are “SA”/“essay” jokes.”
     
“College Board announced today that they’re taking the essay out of the SAT. Now it’s just the T” was posted on Twitter by Ethan Pan (and several others, in slightly different forms) on March 5, 2014. “The College Board is phasing out the essay portion of the SAT. Henceforth the test will be known as the T” was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on July 10, 2021.
 
     
Wikipedia: SAT
The SAT (/ˌɛsˌeɪˈtiː/ ess-ay-TEE) is a standardized test widely used for college admissions in the United States. Since its debut in 1926, its name and scoring have changed several times; originally called the Scholastic Aptitude Test, it was later called the Scholastic Assessment Test, then the SAT I: Reasoning Test, then the SAT Reasoning Test, then simply the SAT.
 
The SAT is wholly owned, developed, and published by the College Board, a private, not-for-profit organization in the United States. It is administered on behalf of the College Board by the Educational Testing Service, which until recently developed the SAT as well. The test is intended to assess students’ readiness for college.
               
Twitter
Xanthippe
@Chemical__X_
The essay was not fun on the SAT, I wish I had just taken the T. #lol #imhilarious
3:49 PM · Dec 1, 2012·Twitter for iPhone
 
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cl smooth
@clv303
Hey how’d the SAT go?
Well I did really good on the essay… Not so good on the T
#funnytweettuesday
1:18 AM · May 8, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
   
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Katie
@KatieJBernard
“The SAT is getting rid of the essay portion”
“so are they just going to call it the T?”
@ljb98
6:17 PM · Mar 5, 2014·Twitter for Android
   
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Megan Corsano
@megancorsano
Talking about the SAT changes and I said that that they’re “taking the essay out of the SAT” and Brenton goes “oh they’re only be the T?”
8:10 PM · Mar 5, 2014·Twitter for iPhone
   
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Andrew Simon
@PplsRepOfAndrew
Did you hear they’re taking the essay out of the SAT? Now it’s just called the T. #badjokedrums
9:06 PM · Mar 5, 2014·Twitter Web Client
   
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Ethan Pan
@ep377
College Board announced today that they’re taking the essay out of the SAT. Now it’s just the T
9:33 PM · Mar 5, 2014 from Vestal, NY·Twitter for iPhone
 
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Clayton Caldwell
@caldwellclayton
Still can’t believe they’re taking the essay out of the SAT. Are they just gonna call it the “T”? #pondering
10:34 PM · Mar 27, 2014·Twitter for iPhone
 
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Michael Carmosino
@mikecarmo14
Now that the essay is out of the SAT, i guess its just the T
10:27 AM · Jul 6, 2015·Twitter for iPhone
 
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Morgan Oestereich
@M_Oestereich
Me: “they took the essay out of the new SAT”
My brother: “So it’s just the T now?”
4:25 PM · Jul 12, 2015·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
jp
@jaxpresto
Wouldn’t the SAT without essay just be the T
12:54 PM · Mar 9, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
 
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/zu-den-sternen July 10, 2021
The College Board is phasing out the essay portion of the SAT.
Henceforth the test will be known as the T.