I think having something that you sit down and do once kind of helps to round out shit like grades, essays, extracurriculars, etc. like the SAT/ACT are dogshit but it def helped me out as a kid with undiagnosed ADHD and autism and an after school job to have a test I could sit down and do once vs various semesters of missed schoolwork, teachers that hate me, projects, presentations, tests I couldn't study for, etc.

Like it still sucks, and there's still a huge class and race gap for ACT/SAT scores, but IMO they're still at least marginally better at offering a level playing field than every other metric that American colleges use currently.