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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the university can still consider SAT/ACT scores for students who submit then, doesn’t that put students who don’t submit at a disadvantage?

Let’s say you have two applicants who are equally qualified....but one submits a stellar SAT score, and one submits no score at all. Wouldn’t they be more likely
to admit the student with the strong test score?

Wondering if this change is more of a talking point than an actual change. Unless the process is “SAT blind”, I don’t see how it wouldn’t still be an advantage to submit test scores.

Thoughts? [/quote]
Test-optional colleges have a method for evaluating students.  No idea what that is, but they UCs will have to come up with a system.

I do think you have a point.  The website is emphatic that applicants can't be disadvantaged for not submitting scores.  I hate to say it, but then GPA is everything. However, I don't think they're evaluating two apps side by side, same everything but one with test score.

I gather there are factions within the UC Regents both for and against standardized testing.  The finding this spring recommending keeping the tests due to grade inflation at some subset of California high schools was a surprise to the authors, apparently.  [/quote]

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