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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The point of going to college is not just to take classes. It is the peer group and the academic environment. Any school with an average SAT below 1500 is probably not really worth 100K COA. If the peer group is not at that level, then what exactly are you paying for? Conversely, if the state school average above 1500, then yes it's better than going to a private with a lower average. You want your DC to be surrounded by serious, highly capable students. [/quote] Test optional schools have a lot of dummies. Take those off your list. [/quote] Then the list will look like this: Tier 1 HYPSM, JHU, Upenn, Brown, CalTech. Tier2 Cornell, Dartmouth, Rice, CMU, Georgetown Tier 3 Gatech, UT[/quote] Rice is Test optional [/quote] Rice is test recommended. If you have examples of unhooked kids getting in without test scores, would be interesting to know.[/quote]
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