The Stansbury representative blows off Jessie based solely on her S.A.T scores. Colleges judge a potential student's application on more than their S.A.T. scores.
You can see Mark-Paul Gosselaar break character and laugh during the confrontation between Mr. Belding and James in Mr. Belding's office.
When Mr. Belding introduces Jessie to Mrs. Billingham, he introduces her as "Jessica Spano." However, Mrs. Billingham then immediately starts calling her Jessie, although nobody had told her that Jessie went by a nickname.
Jessie's great, frequently stated ambition had been to attend Stanford University. In this episode, suddenly her dream is to attend Stansbury.
When Screech find out Zack gets 1502 on his SATs, he proclaims "You're smarter than Doogie Howser!" In the opening credits to Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989) a newspaper clipping indicates he scored a 1600 on his SATs.