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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only people that like TO are those with kids who have low scores. Gosh forbid their snowflake is entitled to apply to T10, because they "deserve" it.[/quote]
The people who run the schools also like TO. Because it makes it a lot easier for them to find enough kids who will pay full price without messing up their profile and ranking. [/quote]

Pretty sure that isn't teh case at any T20 school University or SLAC.[/quote]

I’m sure it’s not the case at some schools. At those schools — Chicago, for example — the thing people like is the way test optional increases the number of applications they receive and therefore lowers their acceptance rate.

The point is that at every college that remains test optional, someone likes test optional enough to fight for it through a bunch of committee meetings. It’s not only low-scoring students who like test optional. [/quote]

Covid spiked applications.  That, and the common app.

Our college counselor said that applications went up 40%.  FORTY PERCENT!

That 40% happened the year the SAT was cancelled due to COVID, which forced every university and college to go test-optional.

Universities discovered:

- they LOVE all the extra application $$ (it adds up) and

- it drives down their acceptance numbers, which usually increases their US News and World Report ranking.[/quote]

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