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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My Senior kicked butt on standardized tests...of course, it's the year after him they come back.[/quote]

Same here, but his grades were mediocre. Based on his outcomes, I think colleges have already started implementing Test-preferred policies.[/quote]

I am so annoyed by these uninformed posts. You have no understanding of why they are reinstating. It's not so kids who "kick butt" on standardized tests can get in over others who people like you perceive of unworthy because they have a lower score. It's so people who do really well (1350+) submit their scores and show schools that they are capable of doing the work, despite a crappy education. This is not to let more 1600 students over potential 1400 students. Those of you with the high scores are actually at an even great disadvantage with test required. I can't believe how obtuse you all are to not understand this.[/quote]

I think you're wrong on this. Universities compete with each other; they're considering the same 100 kids from rich suburban county A with about the same grades, ECs, recommendations. Unless you assume standardized scores tell you literally nothing, it's easy for the university to add those to it's overall evaluation (not like they need to evaluate another essay). The only downside is missing kids who logistically can't take the test, and who is that in Ffx/Montgomery etc?  If it lets one university get kids who are more likely to succeed vs their peer universities, they will, and should. Even in a world where a lower score is an advantage (maybe it means the kid worked harder?) you would expect the universities to consider something as easy to factor in as test scores.[/quote]

If we are talking T20, only 1 of those 100 are getting in tho.

The rest are too one dimensional (all stem) without “personal character qualities” that distinguish…The new spots are actually going to that kid with the 1350 score and the cooler/better story/character narrative that weaves through Letters of Rec/Essays etc.[/quote]

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