MSCHF Just Turned the SATs Into a Battle Royale With a Big Cash Prize

It'll cost $52 for you to enter, but you could take home thousands -- at least. This is the latest project from art collective MSCHF: a one-off, winner-takes-all, massively multiplayer version of the SATs named the MSAT. From a report: The SAT -- for non-US readers -- is a multiple-choice test taken across the United States for college admissions. Because it's so widely taken, it's something of an object of cultural horror. "I actually took the ACT, but as 95 percent of my friends took the SAT, I remember them being out of their minds stressed and spending almost a full 12 months preparing with private tutors and study classes," MSCHF founder Daniel Greenberg tells The Verge. So, Greenberg and his colleagues made the MSAT. Registration is open for the rest of the week, and the test itself will take place at noon ET on Saturday, March 5th, with all entrants playing live against one another from their computers. The winner will take home all the entrance fees, and here's the kicker: cheating is encouraged.

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