Cornell Test Required starting 2026

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A little late for the announcement.

For sophomores?

[Anonymous]

For juniors. They say recommended for next year, but that essentially means required.

[Anonymous]

If a student us shooting for schools like Cornell, they have already tested.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If a student us shooting for schools like Cornell, they have already tested.

+1

Which juniors haven't tested yet?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:^^^One can hope the remainder of the country will follow!!!

Why does it matter if schools do TO or not? Do you think your kid is being penalized?

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Test optional does penalize kids with high scores because kids get in test optional that would not get in if they had to show scores.

This. TO gave a huge advantage to kids who attend grade inflating, easy A high schools.

And kids coasting on their school’s rep, legacies, rich kids. Basically wealthy kids at wealthy schools. Because they didn’t have to worry about the one standardized measure that compares them to kids without their advantages.

[Anonymous]

Juniors who were planning to go test optional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Juniors who were planning to go test optional.

The ones I know in this category have tested and decided after seeing their results. Now they have to re-evaluate that strategy for a few schools. There are test dates over the summer.

[Anonymous]

It will be a busy summer for test prep firms.

[Anonymous]

High schoolers make decisions whether to prep for the tests or not based on school policy. Cornell is a bit late imho.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:High schoolers make decisions whether to prep for the tests or not based on school policy. Cornell is a bit late imho.

As someone else mentioned, anyone shooting for Cornell would have been prepping regardless of TO policy. So it’s really not too late.

[Anonymous]

Thank god. This brings back some equity now that everyone is applying with inflated GPAs and fake non profits that they started. I know prep matters and is expensive and it’s inequitable, but since you’re compared to kids from the same school and similar socioeconomic background generally, at least now you can differentiate who can hack it.

[Anonymous]

FYI my dc had a good experience prepping with Kahn Academy online.

[Anonymous]

it’s hysterical to see the animus harbored uniformly by the DCUM crowd towards TO. My god look at the comments in this thread, not one dissenting opinion. How unfair that all the striver parents were stripped of the “unlimited funds for test prep” advantage!

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Anonymous wrote:it’s hysterical to see the animus harbored uniformly by the DCUM crowd towards TO. My god look at the comments in this thread, not one dissenting opinion. How unfair that all the striver parents were stripped of the “unlimited funds for test prep” advantage![/quote

The funniest thing about it is that they actually think kids who got in TO took their spot, and don't realize that test required will just make that 1510 even less relevant now. The whole point is to bring sanity back to test scores and encourage the 1300-1400 students to submit, which they weren't doing earlier.