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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The irony. My senior --5s on all APs, 36 ACT.  The year scores don't matter.

I have a sophomore--hope he is a high test scorer too.  lol

Things that could help always seem to change after the fact for us.[/quote]

Think about how those of us from the past two cycles feel, no matter what the public explanation, it’s clear test optional led to the acceptance of kids who were not as qualified as kids with high scores.[/quote]

[b]T25 colleges are not taking under qualified students under TO.  They are not taking kids who only got 1200.  Sure maybe one or two have an excellent application and get thru, but your 1580/3.99UW/10+ APs was not rejected because of a kid who went TO and didn't submit their 1200 by and large.

In reality, a kid with 1440 is not that much different than a kid with 1540.  So AO look at the whole applicant and sometimes the kid with a 1440 and very strong everything else is more appealing than your 1540 kid.  Also, they are rejecting 95% of the applicants, so majority of those are "highly qualified " applicants.  Just not enough spaces for everyone[/b]
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This, this, this!
When test scores are discussed here it seems that people regard it as a be-all ranking. It is not used like that with TO schools or test-aware schools or test-required schools. It is one more piece of the applicant puzzle.[/quote]

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