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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, OP is correct. The way schools use test optional now, there is no difference between a 1200 and a 1500 (both are advised to apply test optional), but all the difference in the world between a 1500 and a 1520. Which puts kids scoring at the upper end of the test optional range under enormous pressure to get their objectively very good scores up to the reportable level. [/quote] It's really crazy and just completely substantiates the not so conspiracy conspiracy theory that TO is a mechanism to facilitate DEI type goals. It doesn't make sense to say on the one hand, test scores really aren't meaningful and shouldn't be a roadblock to top notch education, but then on the other hand care about the difference between one or two questions right on the SAT (for a certain group of applicants). If test scores are seen as unreliable because they are just a reflection of socioeconomic circumstances, they can't also be so reliable as to be a precise measure of ability within a pool of candidates from the same socioeconomic circumstances. [/quote]
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