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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Test optional has thrown college admissions into chaos.[/quote]

Thankfully! 
I've got to be honest that I still don't understand segregating the highest achievers so much in relatively small schools. I don't think it serves them especially well for the future either. [/quote]

It does not serve them well.  Nowhere in the real world will you be surrounded by people that were all the top 1% academically.  Ivy grads work along side GMU/CNU/towson/etc grads.  They typically even get the same starting salaries.  You will work with people who took the CC to 4 year degree, people who barely got thru HS but found their stride in college (at a no-name school you have never heard of), IVY candidates who couldn't get in/couldn't afford it so they went to the honors program at local state school they could afford, etc...  And you know what, nobody talks about where they went to college, other than during football/basketball season.  They expect you all to work together as a team to get the job done.  Your boss or team leader might even be someone who only got a 1100 SAT and went to the state school with 85% acceptance rate.  Yet somehow they are your boss---because they are smart, driven, work hard and that's what matters in life. You will have to function in life with a diverse group of people (academically, socially, economically, etc) and the sooner you learn how to do this and that everyone has something to offer, the further you will go in life.

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