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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The insistence here that certain students must have test scores is being over sold.  Our counselor told us test optional means test optional.  My white male UMC son went test optional and was accepted to a T10 ED as well as five other colleges rolling or EA, including both public and private schools, several of them offering significant merit aid.  Granted he had a strong application but not hooked. I keep seeing this board insist a student like him has to submit scores, and that is wrong, they don’t. [/quote]

+1 my friend's daughter, unhooked, white, UMC, top private in NYC, got into Dartmouth ED (this year's cycle).

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So, rich kid in Manhattan.

Not really applicable to a middle class kid applying from the burbs in Cleveland.

The TO advantage is meant for DEI and the privileged going to "top private in NYC."[/quote]

Her family is UMC, I know their  income is under $300k and they submitted CSS profile. Similar SES with many of the DMV posters on this board.

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Maybe DCUM people making $300k don’t “feel rich” but I assure you most of the country would consider that rich.[/quote]

I don't disagree if you compare UMC incomes with people in other parts of the country. However, we are talking about TO and the unhooked white/Asian students in the DMV (and other metro areas with a high percentage of educated people) are UMC with incomes >$150K but not rich enough to make a large donation. Plenty of Big 3 and other private schools in this area also have similar UMC families. Seems like you believe these families are hooked. I agree that top private high schools have an advantage in college admissions, but that is not considered a hook.[/quote]

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