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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Even though many colleges aren’t mandating scores, at least one group of students are still sending them: wealthier ones. In the current application cycle for current high school seniors, 52% of students in the wealthiest households submitted scores this school year, according to data from the Common Application through February. Only 39% of the poorest did so. Applications among first-generation students -- those whose parents didn’t receive bachelor’s degrees -- grew by 21% from two years prior. Only 37% of underrepresented minorities sent in scores in 2021-22, compared to 52% of non-unrepresented minorities."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-14/why-u-s-colleges-are-rethinking-standardized-tests-quicktake-l0qs606i

Wealthy households are taking standardized tests in greater numbers, probably with a lot of money spent on test prep. They still want the "advantage" that comes with maintaining the high stakes testing standard. However, Test Optional is changing the admissions game.

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Or they are taking the test because they know test optional really isn't for them. Colleges are happy for first gen and URMs to be test optional because they can do what they want with less chance of lawsuits similar to the Harvard one. For other students, it's likely viewed as a red flag to not submit scores.[/quote]
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It wasn’t really “optional” for my kid coming from a W school. It would have been a giant red flag. And since you are competing against your peers, if they’re all taking the test then you also need to. [/quote]

W schools have a fairly homogeneous demographic and are in mostly well-to-do neighborhoods, so that makes sense.[/quote]

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