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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This will only matter when some schools move from test optional to test preferred. Kids having to drive 3+ hours is a burden. But why not make that the standard for all 50 states instead of just CA?

If a San Diego or L.A. kid *opts* to apply OOS to a school that is test preferred, why shouldn’t they go to a test center that’s close by like the rest of the kids in the US (doesn’t matter of their private doesn’t offer it—plenty of test centers in L.A., San Diego, Bay Area, Sacramento, etc.) or be subject to the same negative inference as kids in other states?

I dunno, just seems kinda goofy.[/quote]

You’re misinterpreting it. If a school is “test preferred” and students from CA don’t submit SATs they will be penalized like anyone else.

The fact is, unless you live in a rural area, there are abundant places to take the SATs in CA.  There isn’t the scarcity of testing locations that existed during Covid. [/quote]

Not sure about this, I attended an info session at Vandy last cycle where they specifically said they know it’s hard for California students to get a test date.[/quote]

We heard the same thing at Vandy about how hard it is for California kids to take the test. What about those kids in Alaska driving even further to test sites in snowy conditions? An exaggerated example, but you get the point.[/quote]

It's the combination of low/middle income kids having much less incentive to take standardized tests when their excellent state system is entirely test blind and the decrease in testing centers/dates.  And how much of a burden it actually is doesn't matter, admission's offices have decided to treat kids from California differently and are explicitly saying so.[/quote]

If a kid doesn’t take a test because they’re only applying to the excellent test blind state system then you’re right that they don’t need to take the test. This post is raising the question as to why some OOS colleges are treating California kids differently than kids from other other states when they apply test optional.[/quote]

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