People getting decisions: Did your child submit test scores?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD only submitted scores to two schools where her scores were well above the 50%. Our strategy was to let her strong UW GPA represent her as her GPA represented her better than her SAT.

She has gotten several acceptances with good merit so I wouldn't worry that schools are deferring those who didn't send scores.

Same with my DS. Only submitted his SAT to a couple of schools where well above the 50%. He has four early action acceptances so far, two of those we have the financial package, one was really good, one pretty good.

[Anonymous]

Are colleges preferring high GPA, no scores over mediocre GPA with good scores?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are colleges preferring high GPA, no scores over mediocre GPA with good scores?

There is no way to know this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seems like colleges are trying hard to give the impression that not submitting is not a disadvantage. Are they barely being considered when submitted, is what I wonder, since most scores submitted will be sufficiently high. What about the low GPA/high score applicant? Are they the "disadvantaged" in this scenario, with the high GPA/high rigor, non-submitters (who were able to test but did not score high enough) the benefiters? (Seems obvious that low GPA/unable to test are disadvantaged regardless.)

At the end of the day, you cannot tell me that submitting vs not submitting a score is inconsequential. As humans with conscious and subconscious biases, the submission (or lack there of) of test scores will be accounted for when admissions is working through applicants.