Jeff Selingo Newsletter: Class of 2022 "it's best to have a test score if it will help your case"
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Anonymous
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If you get his newsletter, this was an interesting tidbit:
"By the numbers: In general, my discussions with deans at about a dozen selective colleges over the last few weeks found that about half of their applicant pools applied without test scores. In every case I heard so far, students with test scores got accepted more often. In some cases, the admit rate was twice as high for students with test scores vs. those without. Emory: Admit rate 17% (with tests) vs. 8.6% (without tests) Colgate: 25% (w/tests) vs. 12% (w/o tests) Georgia Tech: 22% (w/tests) vs. 10% (w/o tests) Vanderbilt: 7.2% (w/tests) vs. 6% (w/o tests) Bottom line: For students from the Class of 2022 who are applying to schools without a long history of test-optional admissions, it’s best to have a test score if it will help your overall case." |
Anonymous
| Thank goodness. Some sanity still exists. |
Anonymous
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This is why so many "elite" schools don't want to report their applicant breakdowns of who applied test vs. test-optional correlated to their admits numbers.
Class of 2022: take a test |
Anonymous
| take the test! take the test! |
Anonymous
Thank goodness, no one but you did not understand this all along. |
Anonymous
| I subscribe, and that was my big takeaway, too! Good to know. |
Anonymous
| Doesn't it really just means that the top students were able to take and send tests. I think some people want to see a message/sign/reason where there isn't one. |
Anonymous
| Link to subscribe to his newsletter please |
Anonymous
The acceptance rate for student submitters is 100% higher than non submitters. You're lying to yourself and you know it. This isn't a sign, it's just facts. |
Anonymous
| If you are apply from the DMV region, you better have a test score or it will count against you because most of your peers will have one........unless you are a URM and the school need URM to "shape" the class of 2022. |
Anonymous
https://www.getrevue.co/profile/next-jeff-selingo/ |
Anonymous
| 28% of UVA admits for the Class of 2025 did not submit scores. I didn't see a breakdown between out of state and in state. |
Anonymous
| I think that is tragic and lazy. So many students weren't able to take the test or savvy enough to know how to get a seat. |
Anonymous
| Standardized tests are not fair and penalize those from disadvantaged backgrounds and we all know it. |
Anonymous
Which is why those kids have a boost in admissions unrelated to SAT scores. For the rest of the kids, the score fills out the academic picture. |