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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There has to be a limit to number of applications per student.[/quote]

Under test optional, high stats kids have to apply to a ton of places.  My kid applied to a bunch of safeties and some reaches with a high GPA and above 1500 SAT, very good essays and recommendations, with multiple state level accolades, great extracurriculars, sustained volunteering, eagle scout, leadership, activities, etc.  Most of the results are not coming back as acceptances.  Several classmates with much lower scores submitted test optional and were accepted.

Test optional has turned the safety schools for high stat kids into a coin toss.

I think out of close to 20 applications at schools where my kids stats fall into the upper 25% range, including state schools, my kid is going to end up with maybe 2 acceptances.

It wasn't like this pre test optional for a kid with my kid's stats.

Until test optional goes away, high stat kids are going to have to apply to a lot of schools to get a handful of acceptances.[/quote]

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