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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry, but I can't find any info on this.  Have they made the decision yet?[/quote]

T[b]he UC system looked into whether test scores were useful in college admissions and their own researchers found that it was the single best predictor of college performance.  The same committee recommended keeping standardized tests for admissions.  The UC regents then went and eliminated standardized tests for admissions.  With that history, I seriously doubt UC schools will reinstate testing requirements anytime soon.[/quote][/b]

This.  The UC regents look incredibly foolish, especially since most colleges and universities followed them into test optional.  We now know from additional research that testing DOES predict college and after college success so all of those universities and colleges are dropping test optional day by day.  The problem for UC schools is that they eliminated testing so they could continue to accept minority URM, etc students who didn't have the test scores.  That hasn't worked well for them.  And the professors are angry.  Currently the UC schools delve deep into the applications to find race issues because they aren't allowed to do it openly.  Yes, it's a mess.[/quote]

And this is further complicated by the fact that URM's were doing well comparatively. However many families were not having their kid take the SAT due to costs. [/quote]

Not true. It's been demonstrated nationwide that those students who got in test optional have not succeeded. The professors are united in thus. Google it[/quote]

I don't need to google it. Look on Brown's admissions page. One of the reasons SATs have been reintroduced is because all the rich white kids who went TO flunked year 1 of college while all the URM kids who weren't taking it because of cost or going TO were actually doing better. [/quote]

DP.

I don't know why you're seemingly cherry picking what you want to believe, but I'm strongly opposed to test optional and even more so to test blind admissions policies, and that applies to every applicant - white, black, brown, green, whatever. Promoting evaluation on the basis of [i]less[/i][b] information is idiotic, ineffective, and sets everyone up for uncertainty and disappointment.

If I wanted to participate in a lottery, I would have bought a ticket, FFS.[/quote]

Honestly you don't make a compelling case for yourself or your opinions. [/quote]

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