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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of course.  That's been in the news for about 3 weeks.  Check the list at fairtest.org.

Colleges are marketing to panicking juniors.  They are afraid of getting fewer apps and test optional is an easy way to boost those numbers.[/quote]

Haven't looked in a few days but the list I saw originally included no competitive schools.

I mean, if you want to go to the University of Virginia at Wise, go for it.

Nothing wrong with these universities at all, but I just don't see the "selective" schools jumping on this bandwagon just yet.[/quote]

Looks like the list hasn't changed since I looked last: http://www.fairtest.org/sites/default/files/ACT-SATWaiversfor2020Admissions.pdf[/quote]

This list isn't complete so I'm not sure where they're getting information or how often they're updating.  For example my daughter is going through recruiting for a sport and has heard from the coach at Swarthmore that they are test optional.  Also heard from Kenyon and they are too.  For my daughter that makes it easier to try for Swarthmore since she has good grades from a "big 3".  She never got to take the test but was doing well on practice tests so if it opens up she'll take the test but if she doesn't need to I'm ok with that.[/quote]

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