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[quote=Anonymous]Here's the problem. In the old days,  average SAT was calculated across all admitted students. That gave an advantage to high scorers, but colleges still had to fill out a class and would have to dip lower than they'd like on some applicants. But in a world where everyone with lower than average (for the previous year's class at the school) scores can withhold them,  the SAT average can soar. The dilemma that OP can cause is that,  if a good applicant has below average score,  the school has to decide how much it really wants that student. 
University of chicago has played this game very well.   Pre-covid, it was the one top-ranked research university that went test optional.  It was able to dump the scores that were bogging down its average. It now has the highest SAT average in the country. 
OP, do what you want.  But your counselor is giving you very standard advice on how things work when an applicant's score would be in the bottom quartile of admitted students. 
If usnwr ever ditches SAT averages altogether as a factor, most colleges would quickly go test blind and end this nonsense.[/quote]

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