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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]will be interesting to see how this plays out.  kids with top scores will always submit them, and kids without, wont.  not sure that not submitting scores will ultimately help anyone gain admission unless they are part of a desired admission target group.[/quote]

Possibly.  I think this was definitely true before, but the disruption this year has thrown off test-prep, limited how many times kids can take the test, and the whole on-line process sounds pretty sketchy. What if the internet goes out while you’re taking the test (this happened to DC with a HS test the other day)?  So a brilliant one and dones won’t be affected, but there might be lots of kids who would normally work their way into a decent test score in other years who may not this year. It gives the admissions folks room to believe that a really good kid may not want to submit a test score for valid reasons. [/quote]
This is why selective colleges would have no choice but to be test-optional if the fall in-person test dates are impacted.  (I don't think they will be, because I think high schools will be open, but obviously that's just my personal guess.)[/quote]

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