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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Strange that Princeton is still test optional.[/quote]

Went to take a tour and saw the admissions presentation this past week.  They said that they announced that they would be TO till 2025 admission season back when they first decided.  They told the juniors in the room that they would try to announce the on-going policy soon so that they were able to plan.

So I think they are still test optional bc they initially announced it would be five years--as opposed to renewing or not giving it an end date. That's what I inferred from the presentation.[/quote]

Duke's dean of admissions said something similar a year or two ago. He said that they wanted to see a full cohort or two of test optional kids go through and see how they did before making a decision. Shortly thereafter he announced his retirement so I think he also wanted to leave it to the new Dean to decide, but there is some merit to sticking it out and seeing what happened.

Personally I think it is a really dumb idea. Have everyone submit scores. If you want to ignore them for certain kids, feel free. It is just manipulating the system to allow them to admit FGLI and URM kids without having them drag down averages. If you have to go through such hoops to get them in, perhaps you are trying too hard.[/quote]

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