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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]By the way, notice how the only way to compare the academic caliber of schools is by looking at test score data? This is why testing will never go away. No other way to differentiate. Here we are figuring out which schools are better on the basis of the percentage of students that are not test optional. [/quote]

PP, obviously test scores are important to you and a handful of other frequent posters. That doesn't mean that your statement above - "the only way to compare the academic caliber of schools is by looking at test score data" - is remotely accurate. Just because you keep saying something is true doesn't make it so.[/quote]

How else can you compare? GPA? Class rank? We know all of this varies wildly from school to school.

How can we know if one school has stronger students than another? [/quote]

Holy clueless.   You can not know this.  Did any of you actually go to college?  Strong student?   Some are very strong in this or very strong in that.  Some are strong across the board.   Some are geniuses but emotionally immature.  Some are really smart and also incredibly resilient.    There is no way the best college for this student is the best college for that one.   Anyway. Carry on.  You know you will.[/quote]

The point is, how will outsiders know Amherst has the best students unless Amherst can show sky high test score data with a large percentage reporting?

All of these super selective schools are hellbent on keeping their median SAT above 1500. Because they know that is now a school proves it is super duper and not just super. It’s not by accident. The Dean of Admissions will get sacked if the average SAT declines 20 points. Competitive forces require all schools stay focused on test scores. If Amherst slips, you’ve got Hamilton and Midd ready willing and able to take one of the top spots. [/quote]

And.  Yes they are doing this.  The point is...at a certain tier just choose wisely and get on with it.   One year Princeton a might get more super geniuses than MIT and the next year Stanford may beat out Yale.  And then two years later it reverses. [/quote]

Not saying to attend schools based only on SAT data. But actually year in year out they are going to maintain the same approximate score [/quote]

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