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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Neo]It doesn't matter, SAT scores are just optics[/quote]

What does matter, then? I'm not looking for what universities care about, because you presumably think they care about GPA and building/shaping their freshman class in a way they desire (and maybe rigor and ECs and LORs, demographics, etc.).

But why do those things really matter, or why do you think they SHOULD be a priority to universities? Most of those non-testing data points are far more prone to manipulation by the individual than standardized testing, and the lone item that isn't (essentially, the desire to enroll URM and lower SES applicants) just seems bizarrely removed from reality.

"I'm going to enhance the reputation of my university and ensure its financial future by finding the poorest kids from the lowest performing schools who performed better than their peers in those low performing schools (but without a standardized test to validate their grades), and they are going to blossom into high achievers in my competitive university, and eventually become generous donors in the future."

Taking the valedictorian from EBF High School's class of 79 students who is applying TO (with a 4.00 / 4.32) over the 71st ranked FP kid from a class of 500+ at a top performing school who also submits a test score of 36 / 1600 (with a 3.93 / 4.53) ... makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. It just doesn't.[/quote]

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