In the midst of taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), one is likely to stumble across words in the vocabulary section that require definitions, words few humans seem to know: aspersion, harangue or solipsistic to name a few.

David Coleman, president of College Board, announced that the company is planning alterations to the SAT to be implemented in 2015.

College Board reported that it is specifically changing the vocabulary section, where it plans to replace current SAT words for those it considered to be more useful in the future. It plans to do this by using the words in different contexts rather than the current sentence completion format.

Matthew Pietrafetta, founder of Academic Approach, a Chicago-based tutoring center, said the reason for the SAT’s change is the wish of College Board to align the SAT with the Common Core State Standards, national education standards based on skills students will need in the future. Coleman reinforces the Common Core State Standards, as he was an architect for them.

Pietrafetta also said he does not think the changes will make the SAT easier, warning students, “don’t get too excited,” as the writing section might become more rigorous in congruence with the Common Core State Standards expectations for both  reading and writing skills.

Pietrafetta added that students might be asked to read vocabulary-filled passages and write responses accordingly, then possibly answer “big old analytical questions” based on the passages.

“They want to see if American students can read texts of great complexity in a variety of ways, one is by the vocabulary and the other is by the length of the sentences,” he said.

College Board offered a statement saying the company is working on “evidence-based redesign” and the changes are planned to revolve around what skills it thinks students require upon entering college and the workforce.

Junior Grace Korniczky predicts that the alterations will have positive results.

“I think [the changes] make the test a little bit more reasonable in the sense that it’s actually gonna test stuff that you’re going to need going into college,” Korniczky said.

At Glenbrook North, college counselor David Boyle said that the SAT has become a “minor player” because under 10 percent of students take the test, thus the changes will not cause more students to take it.

“I don’t think [the changes are] really going to change student behavior at all…or affect their day-to-day academic performance or academic behavior at all,” Boyle said.

Pietrafetta anticipates an increase in SAT popularity after the changes.

“It’s clearly a good strategy…for SAT, in a country that is moving towards Common Core Standards, that you would want your test also to move with that tide of Common Core,” said Pietrafetta. “If you don’t, then you might find your test to be irrelevant. I think the strategy is probably to increase its popularity, and I think that could very well work if you have a good Common Core test in a country where schools are supposed to become Core aligned.”