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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here’s the list I copied from here a while ago:

list of of test optional private schools where more than 50% of the admitted class last year was test optional (private schools with greatest # of admitted TO students):

UChicago  
Cornell (only select colleges)
Vanderbilt 
USC 
WashU
NYU 
BC
Tufts
BU 
Lehigh
UMiami 
Northeastern 
Villanova  
Wake 
Tulane

SLACs:
Bowdoin
Pomona 
CMC
Wesleyan
Middlebury

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I would be skeptical of this data, especially trying to apply data from past cycles to this year's cycle.

I don't think UChicago has ever had more than half its class test optional.

Someone may misunderstand the CDS data.[/quote]

I just checked the CDS for UChicago, Vanderbilt, WashU and BC.  All of them had over 50% submitting test scores last cycle.  Chicago does not belong on this list.  The others do have a significant proportion of enrolled students that were TO....though almost none at more than 50%.[/quote]

Pre-Covid, Chicago, Vanderbilt, and WashU all had among the highest SAT/ACT averages in the country. And during the TO era, those averages went up! So the 1500s weren't even submitting their scores anymore. But they were using their AP scores to demonstrate their academic chops. [b]The TO designation is deceptive. Those are still good students getting accepted to the selective TO schools.[/b] And this cycle, I think it's going to be very difficult for unhooked students to get by without submitting scores - particularly to Chicago, Vanderbilt, WashU and the other T30 TO schools.   [/quote]

I'm the PP and I'm not sure I understand what you mean by the bolded.  I certainly don't assume that TO students are "not good students" or even that students with scores lower than 1500 are "not good students."[/quote]

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