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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I swear I heard the Dartmouth guy (Lee coffin?) saying that when, after admissions cycle ended, they solicited from College Board the scores for TO applicants who had taken the test, and saw a clear linear correlation between test scores and GPA. Very rarely did they diverge, so the SATs only backed up why they were already seeing without the scores. Did anyone else hear that conversation? Am I misremembering? Might have been on Your College Bound Kid. Maybe 4-5 months ago? [/quote]

+1 Not sure if it was on YCBK or Dartmouth's podcast. I think the confusion is that he had a similar discussion with the AO from Yale.

Just to clarify, he was speaking within the context of test optional and academic performance at Dartmouth. He said a few things of relevance to this discussion:

1) last academic year, Dartmouth had the highest number of students on academic probation, which he attributed to TO.
2) Students should submit scores, even if they are within the 25-50th percentile because their research shows that the scores validate the GPAs. Also, students at under-resourced schools should also submit scores even if the scores are under 25th percentile because it could validate the grades. He implied that Dartmouth has the data to determine the cutoff score to succeed at Dartmouth, e.g., 1300.
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