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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“Bad” test scores are only scores below the bottom 25 percent of admitted applicants to a particular college.  If you’re at least there or very close to it and have an outstanding academic record, I’d submit the scores and not fret about it.  Otherwise the adcom will assume they’re even worse. [/quote]
No.  This is outdated advice[/quote]

The truth is no one know.  Unhooked students with gpas welll above the 75 percentile tend to not have issues being admitted to schools outside the T30.  Inside the T30, less clear whether test optional is mostly used to benefit hooked students (urm, first gen, athletes, legacies, etc].

There has been almost no data on test optional released by the schools so everyone is just guessing, even the college counselors.
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And with the huge rise in scores last year at many places thanks to TO, that 25th percentile is likely higher than ever. I think this advice holds even more this year than last.[/quote]

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