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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are really two questions here.  The first is, is test optional really test optional and the second question is does my kid need to take the SAT or ACT?

If your kid is not a URM or ADLC applicant and you are applying to a top 40-50 school TO is not really TO.  You are competing with about 75 thousand kids who will have GPAs of 4.4 or 4.5 validated by SAT/ACT scores of 1500+/35+ and they will get the remaining slots unless your kid as really great essays and recommendations.   For schools in the 50-100 range you will have and advantage if you can submit test scores that validate your GPA.  For schools outside the top 100 TO is TO and you don’t have to stress if your kid does not do well on standardized tests.

Yes there are some schools like the UC system that won’t take test scores and some like MIT that will absolutely require test scores.

The reason test scores have gone up at many schools is simply a matter of statistics.  Kids who don’t test well don’t submit them to TO schools, kids that do test well do submit them.  So I school that had an accepted student profile of 1450 at the 50th percentile in the past now are at 1500 or more.

Most URM and ADLC candidates won’t submit test scores because they don’t need to do so.

So in the end the expectation level of where you child want to go to college drives the choice of testing or not and what level of preparation is needed to get a test score that will make your application competitive. [/quote]

I know three black students that scored 1500+ this year. Only one MCPS student. Another is a niece in California. The the other is friends of a friend. Point being that there are some "URM" kids with the same competitive scores and they will be submitting them.

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