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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Test scores alone are not highly indicative of a successful future college student.  It makes no sense to force a college to admit students based on this criteria.  I don’t know why we put so much weight upon them.  All they really do is generically show relative strengths and weaknesses among high schools.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/02/19/study-finds-little-difference-academic-success-students-who-do-and-dont-submit-sat#:~:text=The%20study%20confirms%20that%20high,who%20will%20succeed%20in%20college.%22[/quote]

I keep seeing this claim made but there are decades of research studies on this topic and many show that SAT scores are a very strong predictor of not only college grades but future career success as well. [/quote]
+1 which is why MIT went back to requiring SAT scores.[/quote]

MIT is only ONE T25 school.  Georgetown still requires the SAT since it's not in the common app.

How about HYPS and the other 1,800+ who are test optional? How about the SAT/ACT going digital to even stay relevant?

I think you've missed the test optional trend. Get used to it.  It is here to stay.[/quote]
It is here to stay because more and more schools want to increase DEI.  Getting rid of SAT scores is one way to do that.  Why not just get rid of GPAs since there is so much grade inflation and grading is als
o pretty subjective? [/quote]

GPA - and rigor- over 4 years is a better indicator of college success (at least freshman year) than one 3-hour test.

The AOs know this.[/quote]

The AOs are failures in life. If they weren't, they wouldn't be stuck in an admissions office. They have low level degrees in xyz studies type areas and have their own personal social agendas to fulfill. I know this because I have the misfortune of interacting with many of them. Professors are not happy about the trajectory of admissions decisions over the past decade [/quote]

Hard to envision the child of this poster scoring low on likability!  :oops: [/quote]

The child of this poster is white and both a legacy Ivy admit and faculty child at another university. I think they will be fine [/quote]

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