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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My UMC kid said this means she needs to get her 1530 up to 1550.  I don't think so .. do you? [/quote]

No.

It means her 1530 has returned to having value like it did pre-test optional.[/quote]

Also means that the score will be evaluated in context. The "value" will be based on zip code and HS resources.

A low income kid with a 1400 has just a good a chance at Dartmouth as a UMC kid with a 1530.

Are you OK with that?
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Absolutely

A kid from a Baltimore City school where most of their classmates are illiterate who can score a 1400 SAT is clearly wicked brilliant, perhaps even a genius, and probably incredibly focused and driven.[/quote]

Agree. It makes a lot of sense to do it this way. Much to the chagrin of the wealthy entitled “but we spent 5K on prep to get the 1510 my kid DESERVES the spot!” crowd. [/quote]

You really aren't getting it.

The parents of kids in the above 1500 range are perfectly fine with the hypothetical scenario above.

It is those of you with lower scoring rich kids who are emotionally attached to the idea of test optional.

You keep posting as if you want those of us with high scoring kids to get upset along with you.

Psst.

We are not joining your team.

We are thrilled about the schools ditching test optional, even if it means some genuis kid from a poor failing school with a 1400 SAT gets in, and out kid gets overlooked for some other 1510 SAT kid at our upper middle class NoVa school.

That is a far better situation and much easier to accept, than our 1500 kid getting rejected while.the classmate with a 1240 who applied test optional gets accepted.[/quote]

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