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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Leaving out standardized scores was a big mistake.  What are the colleges left with to evaluate students?  Grades?  Grading varies significantly by school and grade inflation has been rampant in high school, particularly at upper middle class public schools.  Class rank?  The above applies and most schools don't even report it.  The percent in the top 10% colleges report can be reflective of only 25% or so of enrolled students in many cases.  Extracurriculars and essays?  This favors educated, affluent, connected families. [b] They should have never discontinued or discounted standardized tests because it is the only standardized thing in the submission. [/b]  If the school needs to evaluate the standardized test in light of the student's circumstances, so be it, but it will still be valuable in evaluating against students of similar backgrounds.  MIT realized it could not validate an applicant's proficiency based on grades alone and started requiring standardized tests again.  They are in an international competition to maintain their standing and cannot afford the risk test-optional causes for them.  I think others should follow their lead.[/quote]

Agree.   Colleges really had to make it optional for the high school class of 2021 because many of those students really couldn't test due to Covid.   But the high school  class of 2022 had plenty of opportunity (I have a kid in that class.)[/quote]

It’s standardized?

You can take either one or both of two completely different tests (SAT or ACT) that are scored differently on different scales and oh yeah the ACT adds additional subject areas the SAT never touches.

Every school takes either one, they don’t care. You can also take it as many times as your schedule allows, sometimes 4 or 5 times. No limit on attempts. No limit on test prep or outside coaching.

“Standardized” is different from “large cohorts take these tests so we can compare large groups of students”.

It’s a relatively useful sorting tool but to claim it’s an objective standard of anything is laughable.[/quote]
NP. Google College Board equating process.[/quote]

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