There are SAT and ACT test centers in California, right?

[Anonymous]

Why are they viewed differently, you ask? I think many CA students don’t take the test so they’ve been given leeway by colleges. However, I do see this started to change at our CA public high school. Students are starting to take it in higher numbers again. Not nearly at the pre-Covid numbers, but definitely a bump up.

[Anonymous]

California kids applying to MIT, Georgetown, Georgia and Florida state colleges are required to submit test scores. Do the same kids applying to these schools who took the test then get to opt whether or not to submit their test scores to test optional schools with no negative inference being drawn if they don’t submit scores?

[Anonymous]

Our private school in California that has a 9% acceptance rate stopped offering the SAT because they felt it was discriminatory. Doesn’t really matter when donor families’ offspring get into the Ivies TO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our private school in California that has a 9% acceptance rate stopped offering the SAT because they felt it was discriminatory. Doesn’t really matter when donor families’ offspring get into the Ivies TO.

Why? Were they not allowing some races or genders to take the test?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:California kids applying to MIT, Georgetown, Georgia and Florida state colleges are required to submit test scores. Do the same kids applying to these schools who took the test then get to opt whether or not to submit their test scores to test optional schools with no negative inference being drawn if they don’t submit scores?

Well, I doubt anyone applying to MIT or Georgetown has bad test scores, so I assume they are happy to submit those scores everywhere. However, sure they could opt to go test optional if they want.

I am not sure how many CA kids are applying to UGA and Florida only because CA has so many good in-state options that are quite cheap for in-state students.

[Anonymous]

This will only matter when some schools move from test optional to test preferred. Kids having to drive 3+ hours is a burden. But why not make that the standard for all 50 states instead of just CA?

If a San Diego or L.A. kid *opts* to apply OOS to a school that is test preferred, why shouldn’t they go to a test center that’s close by like the rest of the kids in the US (doesn’t matter of their private doesn’t offer it—plenty of test centers in L.A., San Diego, Bay Area, Sacramento, etc.) or be subject to the same negative inference as kids in other states?

I dunno, just seems kinda goofy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This will only matter when some schools move from test optional to test preferred. Kids having to drive 3+ hours is a burden. But why not make that the standard for all 50 states instead of just CA?

If a San Diego or L.A. kid *opts* to apply OOS to a school that is test preferred, why shouldn’t they go to a test center that’s close by like the rest of the kids in the US (doesn’t matter of their private doesn’t offer it—plenty of test centers in L.A., San Diego, Bay Area, Sacramento, etc.) or be subject to the same negative inference as kids in other states?

I dunno, just seems kinda goofy.

You’re misinterpreting it. If a school is “test preferred” and students from CA don’t submit SATs they will be penalized like anyone else.

The fact is, unless you live in a rural area, there are abundant places to take the SATs in CA. There isn’t the scarcity of testing locations that existed during Covid.

[Anonymous]

There are plenty of test centers in CA. My kids recently took the SAT at La Canada High School and Harvard Westlake. They had probably about a thousand kids attending, multiple classrooms used and staggered start times.

Anyone saying test centers don't exist or are difficult to get to is talking out of their ass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are plenty of test centers in CA. My kids recently took the SAT at La Canada High School and Harvard Westlake. They had probably about a thousand kids attending, multiple classrooms used and staggered start times.

Anyone saying test centers don't exist or are difficult to get to is talking out of their ass.

It’s easier to get a test spot in Southern California than Northern California. We are too woke here in the Bay Area to offer testing spots. I know people who have flown down to Southern California to take the SAT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are plenty of test centers in CA. My kids recently took the SAT at La Canada High School and Harvard Westlake. They had probably about a thousand kids attending, multiple classrooms used and staggered start times.

Anyone saying test centers don't exist or are difficult to get to is talking out of their ass.

It’s easier to get a test spot in Southern California than Northern California. We are too woke here in the Bay Area to offer testing spots. I know people who have flown down to Southern California to take the SAT.

NP. Interesting! I’m in Southern California and didn’t realize this. There is no issue finding a testing location where I am so I’ve been puzzled by people’s comments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:California kids applying to MIT, Georgetown, Georgia and Florida state colleges are required to submit test scores. Do the same kids applying to these schools who took the test then get to opt whether or not to submit their test scores to test optional schools with no negative inference being drawn if they don’t submit scores?

Of course, the colleges don’t know where else they applied.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This will only matter when some schools move from test optional to test preferred. Kids having to drive 3+ hours is a burden. But why not make that the standard for all 50 states instead of just CA?

If a San Diego or L.A. kid *opts* to apply OOS to a school that is test preferred, why shouldn’t they go to a test center that’s close by like the rest of the kids in the US (doesn’t matter of their private doesn’t offer it—plenty of test centers in L.A., San Diego, Bay Area, Sacramento, etc.) or be subject to the same negative inference as kids in other states?

I dunno, just seems kinda goofy.

You’re misinterpreting it. If a school is “test preferred” and students from CA don’t submit SATs they will be penalized like anyone else.

The fact is, unless you live in a rural area, there are abundant places to take the SATs in CA. There isn’t the scarcity of testing locations that existed during Covid.

Not sure about this, I attended an info session at Vandy last cycle where they specifically said they know it’s hard for California students to get a test date.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are plenty of test centers in CA. My kids recently took the SAT at La Canada High School and Harvard Westlake. They had probably about a thousand kids attending, multiple classrooms used and staggered start times.

Anyone saying test centers don't exist or are difficult to get to is talking out of their ass.

You clearly live in Los Angeles, probably a different story in more far flung places.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are plenty of test centers in CA. My kids recently took the SAT at La Canada High School and Harvard Westlake. They had probably about a thousand kids attending, multiple classrooms used and staggered start times.

Anyone saying test centers don't exist or are difficult to get to is talking out of their ass.

It’s easier to get a test spot in Southern California than Northern California. We are too woke here in the Bay Area to offer testing spots. I know people who have flown down to Southern California to take the SAT.

Relatives at an SFBA private took the SATs without any difficulty getting a spot. Most parents in Silly Valley are way too educationally obsessed to bet their kids college chances narrowly on getting accepted at a California public U. They need to take SATs for some other college applications, and they want to have the option to submit good SATs even to the TO colleges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are plenty of test centers in CA. My kids recently took the SAT at La Canada High School and Harvard Westlake. They had probably about a thousand kids attending, multiple classrooms used and staggered start times.

Anyone saying test centers don't exist or are difficult to get to is talking out of their ass.

It’s easier to get a test spot in Southern California than Northern California. We are too woke here in the Bay Area to offer testing spots. I know people who have flown down to Southern California to take the SAT.

Relatives at an SFBA private took the SATs without any difficulty getting a spot. Most parents in Silly Valley are way too educationally obsessed to bet their kids college chances narrowly on getting accepted at a California public U. They need to take SATs for some other college applications, and they want to have the option to submit good SATs even to the TO colleges.

I don’t think private school kids are the ones with difficulty getting access to tests. Think less privileged.