Reply to Test optional and top LACs

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Test optional and top LACs"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your kid’s transcript is not very strong relative to their high school, a 1500 wasn’t going to get them into Swarthmore anyway. But a 3.85 UW and 1440ish SAT should find plenty of landing spots in the 26-50 range. The snobbery on the board generally produces a lot of dismissive talk about schools in this range but there are many really great options. [/quote]

OP here - I agree with this, and I think my DD will be fine! There are many great schools in that band, and I trust she'll get into one and be happy there. It just struck me as ironic that, for us, test optional is actually magnifying the importance of test scores and limiting where she applies. I don't want to get into the minutiae of my kid's stats - she has some factors in her favor that compensate for a lowish GPA, IMO - but this is not specifically about her and her chances. It's also not just about Swarthmore-level colleges. Haverford, ranked 24, has a 1490 25th percentile, 1520 median for 2024 (with 26 percent submitting SAT, 13 percent ACT). Prior to test optional, as best I can determine, their 25th percentile was 1320, average 1420. That's a huge difference! (And I get there's been some inflation in scores, but I wonder if that's partly because students are taking the test more and more often to improve their scores.)[/quote]

The 1320 and below during test required era are for admitting hooked applicants.  They always have different requirements for unhooked.  Now that they are test optional, the hooked applicants get admitted without scores.  And you don’t see 1320 anymore.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics