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[quote=Anonymous]Many of the liberal arts colleges have moved faster than others to the test optional approach -- Oberlin and schools like that. But plenty of options. That said, I think you are giving up way to soon on standardized tests. With practice, younger kids can go up a lot when they are a bit older -- if starting at 500 you can easily see a 100 and maybe even up to a 200 point increase. Also, you should probe why DC doesn't do better. Does he pick the wrong answer or not finish the test (or finish but actually guess the last 20 questions because rushed). Our DC is very bright -- had high GPA, but also a slow processing speed so he did not do well on standardized tests (this wasn't usually an issue in school where tests were designed to take up less than the entire class period for an average speed kid.) The extra time accommodation (after all the required psycho-testing) made a huge difference for DC. Find out what's going on. [/quote]
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