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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1. Why is that Dean Coffin so profoundly unlikable?

2. Our NYC private is now advising submit if it's over 25% cut off

3. I'd submit a 1500 to any school in America.  [/quote]

Chicago private. CC also advising to submit if over 25%[/quote]
NP. Makes sense to me. Felt like I was saying this all last year when the professionals were saying 50%. Essentially, if the score shows the kid is in the ballpark of the enrolled class [i]before[/i] test optional (CDS 2020-21), it helps them show they can handle the academics.

[b]Does anyone suppose that high test score kids (1500+) might do better in admissions this year than the crapshoot results of the last three years?[/b] Asking for a friend...[/quote]

I don't know about better, but I do feel like the days of unhooked kids in middle class or wealthier zip codes going TO is over. Submit it or forget it.[/quote]

There are so many kids who score 1500+ (or the ACT equivalent) that there just aren't enough spaces for them at the top schools.

Someone on here once posted that according to the Common App 2022 report, 76,000+ applicants applied to universities/colleges with an SAT score >1500 or ACT equivalent.  There are an additional 98,000 in the 1400-1490 range. That's a lot of smart kids to place. [/quote]

I don’t mean to imply your 1500 gets you in. But it passes that one hurdle for super selective schools.  Not submitting a score from suburban Chicago or some other good zip will become more of a red flag than in last 2-3 cycles [/quote]

Obviously depends on the tier of school we’re talking about. But given this is in the Yale subtopic, I presume we are talking about top 15 schools:

From our private, in talking to my senior kid and 6 of their friends (by the way, they all know what everybody else got on standardized tests, and generally where they are applying ED/REA) I don’t know any applicant (excluding 1st gen) of any race who is not submitting scores for a top 15 school.

So very very few in top 25% of class going TO. Maybe a change?[/quote]

we're saying the same thing. if you're UMC and/or unhooked, you have no excuse not to submit a test score.  If you're an olympic diver w a Hispanic National Merit award, you have more leeway to utilize TO .. because you're more desired.[/quote]

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