The most test optional-friendly schools - no penalty

[Anonymous]

List the ones that are most test optional friendly.

I'll start.

Bowdoin
Wesleyan
Smith
WF

[Anonymous]

WPI and the UC schools are test blind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WPI and the UC schools are test blind.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is test optional. https://www.wpi.edu/admissions/undergraduate/apply/how-to/test-optional-admissions

[Anonymous]

Can't stand test optional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can't stand test optional.

I'm sure it's because your kid(s) did well on the standardized tests. My kids did well on the standardized tests, so I'm not a fan either. If my kids did poorly on the tests I would support test optional.

[Anonymous]

If a school wasn't test optional long before Covid it isn't really test optional for families coming from schools where kids test.

The first cut of measurement is against kids from your own school and if they're submitting tests and you aren't.....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can't stand test optional.

I'm sure it's because your kid(s) did well on the standardized tests. My kids did well on the standardized tests, so I'm not a fan either. If my kids did poorly on the tests I would support test optional.

I'm an under 6 foot male who's otherwise good at basketball, but I don't support height limits in the NBA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If a school wasn't test optional long before Covid it isn't really test optional for families coming from schools where kids test.

The first cut of measurement is against kids from your own school and if they're submitting tests and you aren't.....

That's not true. Covid was a great excuse to get the powers that be at many schools to agree to test optional. Then there was a track record of great students and no real evidence to go back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can't stand test optional.

Who cares what you think? Start your own thread. OP wasn’t asking for opinions on TO.

[Anonymous]

DePaul has been test optional since 2012, per their website.

[Anonymous]

Fairfield
JMU

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can't stand test optional.

I'm sure it's because your kid(s) did well on the standardized tests. My kids did well on the standardized tests, so I'm not a fan either. If my kids did poorly on the tests I would support test optional.

I'm an under 6 foot male who's otherwise good at basketball, but I don't support height limits in the NBA.

I support what is best for my kids. If TO is best, then I support TO. If test required is best, then I support test required. I'm not advocated what is best overall, just is what is best for my kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WPI and the UC schools are test blind.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is test optional. https://www.wpi.edu/admissions/undergraduate/apply/how-to/test-optional-admissions

Oh wow, they were test blind through this past year's cycle. Since test optional is new, I still bet that students who don't submit scores aren't penalized.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can't stand test optional.

I'm sure it's because your kid(s) did well on the standardized tests. My kids did well on the standardized tests, so I'm not a fan either. If my kids did poorly on the tests I would support test optional.

I'm an under 6 foot male who's otherwise good at basketball, but I don't support height limits in the NBA.

I support what is best for my kids. If TO is best, then I support TO. If test required is best, then I support test required. I'm not advocated what is best overall, just is what is best for my kids.

That's fair. I guess we're all like that. I just hate that my 1500+ kid has to compete with kids who scored way lower. Just like Reggie Miller's parents would have had every right to complain about basketball tryouts where shooting drills were optional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can't stand test optional.

I'm sure it's because your kid(s) did well on the standardized tests. My kids did well on the standardized tests, so I'm not a fan either. If my kids did poorly on the tests I would support test optional.

I'm an under 6 foot male who's otherwise good at basketball, but I don't support height limits in the NBA.

I support what is best for my kids. If TO is best, then I support TO. If test required is best, then I support test required. I'm not advocated what is best overall, just is what is best for my kids.

That's fair. I guess we're all like that. I just hate that my 1500+ kid has to compete with kids who scored way lower. Just like Reggie Miller's parents would have had every right to complain about basketball tryouts where shooting drills were optional.

If your kid is that great, he'll still look great.