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I think scores should be required, period.

The "doesn't test well" is a myth. My son with special needs didn't test well until we got him diagnosed, taught him organizational skills and half-medicated (he couldn't take the optimal dose of meds due to medical concerns, but a little was better than nothing).

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So, without significant intervention, your kid didn't test well.  It required diagnosis, training, and medication.  What about kids without the resources and time and knowledge to get those things?  For whom standardized tests don't actually reflect their cognitive abilities or their knowledge?[/quote]

PP you replied to. Too bad for them. I think we should have universal healthcare and neuropsychs should be covered by insurance. I think meds should be cheaper.

But it’s incredibly frustrating to dumb down the whole process just for a minority of kids.

***I would feel that way EVEN if my kid had bad scores!***

[b]My native country [/b]has no accommodations or services in school for kids with disabilities. My ADHD hindered me significantly. But I do appreciate that they still hold students to high academic standards. It’s all about grades and test scores. No extra-curriculars, hooks or nonsense allowed.
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Yes, yes we know where you are from. Could you put that in the OP next time and every time in these college threads so we can skip them? And feel free to send your child to college in India. [/quote]

wow, what a racist statement! I'm from a European country and our school system is as the PP described hers. No EC, hooks, URM, legacy. It's all about test scores! 
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Go ahead and restrict your kid to applying only to schools you think have legitimate admissions practices.

Guess what? No one else cares. [/quote]

Yeah, we get it. You love the TO revolution. It allows your kid to cloak a critical area of weakness, and unlocks accessibility to prestigious educational opportunities that they would never have been considered eligible for in the past. Just say "Works for me!" and save all of us the time wondering whether you had these hardened views before or after the TO era began.[/quote]

Ah the old “well your kid must be a bad test taker” defense. It’s of such value on an anonymous forum.  I don’t think my kids’ standardized test scores somehow give me extra credibility.

The point is that no one is stopping your kid from applying abroad. If you think colleges here are devalued because they don’t mandate testing, apply to ones that do.  The US has done things differently for years. Just like we do in health care, guns, etc. But none of that matters because Buffy got rejected from Harvard.

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