is there a nationally known US university that just admits on test scores?

[Anonymous]

Pitt and Penn State admit solely on scores. Penn State Honors college requires essays and a "narrative".

[Anonymous]

Most state schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Alabama. The high scores are tied in with their generous merit aid and an effort to improve their profile.

They are also nationally "known" but for what, beyond this policy, is anyone's guess.

I define "nationally known" that if you show up to any job interview with basically anyone at the company, nobody has to spend 5 minutes asking you to explain where the college you attended is located or really what it is. Everyone knows what the University of Alabama is (honestly, everyone will also basically know what the University of Wyoming is as well...though if you are originally from say CA, they will wonder why you attended perhaps).

You think that but man, people are dumb. I went to a "U of X" and a screener for an early job was like "Never heard of that school" and it's one of the better regarded state flagships. I knew I didn't want to work at that company after that. This was for one of my first jobs.

[Anonymous]

My kid added Iowa since they have rolling admissions and was accepted in a matter of days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pitt and Penn State admit solely on scores. Penn State Honors college requires essays and a "narrative".

Penn State honors has 8-9 essays (depending upon whether or not you do the optional one).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is not, you have to go to Canada or UK for that.

I went to a private school and McGill was actually a popular option for the kids who had very high SATs and lower grades and limited ECs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Alabama. The high scores are tied in with their generous merit aid and an effort to improve their profile.

They are also nationally "known" but for what, beyond this policy, is anyone's guess.

Not a big football fan?

[Anonymous]

PP's are right that you should be good to go at any public flagship with a 70+ percent admit rate as long as your scores are above their 50th percentile.

But the answer to your specific question is Iowa and Iowa State. They use a formula called the Regents Index that considers just your ACT/SAT and GPA. If you're above the minimum, you're in. You can find it here:

https://www.iowaregents.edu/institutions/higher-education-links/regent-admission-index

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pitt and Penn State admit solely on scores. Penn State Honors college requires essays and a "narrative".

Not entirely accurate. And it's not like they blindly rank people by those numbers and then draw a line, since that isn't possible given the huge variance in GPAs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are a Texas resident and you are like top 5% in your class (is that it), isn't that how UT Austin works as well?

Auto admit for top 6% for TAMU and UT. (next year it will be 5% for UT) However, particularly for UT, it does not mean auto admit to your major/college. I have known several students who were auto admit to UT but did not actually get accepted to their program - engineering, business, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Alabama. The high scores are tied in with their generous merit aid and an effort to improve their profile.

They are also nationally "known" but for what, beyond this policy, is anyone's guess.

I define "nationally known" that if you show up to any job interview with basically anyone at the company, nobody has to spend 5 minutes asking you to explain where the college you attended is located or really what it is. Everyone knows what the University of Alabama is (honestly, everyone will also basically know what the University of Wyoming is as well...though if you are originally from say CA, they will wonder why you attended perhaps).

You think that but man, people are dumb. I went to a "U of X" and a screener for an early job was like "Never heard of that school" and it's one of the better regarded state flagships. I knew I didn't want to work at that company after that. This was for one of my first jobs.

People aren't dumb, they are parochial. This is a huge country with thousands of colleges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Alabama. The high scores are tied in with their generous merit aid and an effort to improve their profile.

They are also nationally "known" but for what, beyond this policy, is anyone's guess.

I define "nationally known" that if you show up to any job interview with basically anyone at the company, nobody has to spend 5 minutes asking you to explain where the college you attended is located or really what it is. Everyone knows what the University of Alabama is (honestly, everyone will also basically know what the University of Wyoming is as well...though if you are originally from say CA, they will wonder why you attended perhaps).

You think that but man, people are dumb. I went to a "U of X" and a screener for an early job was like "Never heard of that school" and it's one of the better regarded state flagships. I knew I didn't want to work at that company after that. This was for one of my first jobs.

So, effectively the screener hadn't heard of the state either...that's funny.

[Anonymous]

Which raises another point: most people live in the same general area their whole lives and most jobs are regional too, so most people don't need a "nationally known" school anyway.

[Anonymous]

Almost every school admits by scores if you are clearly above that school's 75%ile.

But some schools have 75%ile so high that you can't be clearly above it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UCLA would be fined and perhaps criminally prosecuted if they used SAT's in admission. The UC's are in the vanguard of equity based admissions.

are you people always this obtuse?