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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If in a relatively affluent or upper middle class demographic it is a red flag if you do not submit test scores.  We have a college consultant and he said this was an issue last year with admissions [/quote]

Our college consultant said the same. Test optional is really meant to remove unfair barriers for students who would otherwise be a strong match for a school. Unless it's obvious from the rest of the application what that barrier would be (lower SES, first generation college student, English as a second language, recent personal or family illness or hardship), it's just a red flag that the applicant had every opportunity to do well on the test and did not.

This topic came up because our private school kid was hinting around that maybe he should just apply to test optional places so he didn't have to prep for the SAT. The counselor shut down that idea quickly.[/quote]

Interesting.  I have a private school kid with anxiety, ADHD and dyslexia, who does not test well.  Her counselor told us to hold off on standardized tests until the end of this (junior) year and consider test optional schools only.  There were no PSAT scores last year so we are actually kind of unsure of how she will do.  We will have a better idea after this year’s PSAT.  She has good grades. Testing is just rough.[/quote]

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