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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"You can apply without a test score, but you won’t get in. It’s a win/win for schools. They look flexible, and they benefit from
increased application numbers from kids who believe that they actually have a chance to get into an Ivy without an SAT score. Cornell takes in more money from application fees and can tout increased applications along with a lower admission rate. It’s a no brainer for them. Regardless of what schools are saying, get an SAT or ACT score for your Junior the moment things open up."

"My two cents: I suspect the effect of not submitting would be substantially different, much more understandable, if there is no in-person testing this fall. If there is in-person testing, I think scores will be expected from all but disadvantaged applicants. That was the sense I got from Cornell's statement."

I agree with the two statements above.

If you are from an upper middle class family and attend a fairly affluent public school or a private school in the DC area, these new test optional policies are probably going to be little more than traps for the unwary.  The new policies will help colleges weed out applicants who could have studied for and taken the standardized tests but didn't bother to or who actually took them but didn't report lower than desired scores.  If you truly face difficult circumstances and can document them in your application, highly selective colleges like Cornell, Amherst and Pomona will now have the flexibility to let you in without a test score.  But otherwise, you'll probably need a test score (or some other "hook," like being a college caliber point guard.

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Why would you say you won't get in?  It gives the school more flexibility.  They can accept someone who probably didn't have good stats, but still report good stats to USNWR and other rankings that use it.  They've already been taking kids with high standardized tests but who probably aren't in top 10% from schools that do not rank.  This helps standardized test scores and doesn't hurt in the "top 10%" part of the ranking because the there is technically no ranking to report.   [/quote]

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