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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a college sophomore and a HS senior and no test scores were/are involved with their admission processes. My college student got in to their first choice ED and so far my senior has two EA acceptances in hand. The advice we got was that the schools that were either test optional or actively discouraging test scores for a few years pre-Covid were the best choices for kids applying test optional. So far that has served my kids well. [/quote]

This is ,earning less without identifying colleges , gpas, and other factors, as well as your demographics.

Schools that have already sent out notifications for this year tend to be those that aren’t particularly selective and not the schools people are referring to wje. Sweating this out.

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I'm the PP. I would not claim that the schools my kids are attending or looking at attending are "top schools." They are, however, the right schools for my kids and part of what makes them the right schools for my kids is that they have a longstanding admissions philosophy that test scores are not an important part of assessing if a potential student is the right fit for their campus. So if you are looking for a school where test optional is the choice you are making because you genuinely feel that testing doesn't best represent who your child is, then a school that shares that view is a school you should consider your child applying to.[/quote]

This is perhaps the wisest statement I've read on DCUM in a long time. And it gives me hope that there are schools that will be a right fit for one of children, who is bright, capable, mature and interested in many things but...cannot do well on these tests, and furthermore, the stress of knowing that, will create inordinate amounts of stress. May I ask this PP to share if they happen to know of a list of TO colleges pre-COVID? I know there were some (starting with Bowdoin in 69), but it's hard to find a list on Google, because the term "test optional" is so widely searched now. [/quote]

I'm the PP who wrote what you quoted. I agree that it's tricky to find a master list of schools with a history of being test optional. What worked for us is starting by looking for schools that had other attributes that seemed to meet my kids' needs (like school size, emphasis on experiential education, good schools for average students, etc.) and then looking at the language on their admission pages about testing. For example, one of the schools one of my kids applied to, Warren Wilson College in NC, says this:

[b]We search for individuals who demonstrate strong academic ability and curiosity, personal integrity, and alignment with our mission. In addition to your academic transcripts, we consider leadership, community engagement and other out-of-the-classroom experiences. We are proudly test-optional.[/b]

Language like that sends a strong message that they really mean it when they say test optional and that students can feel confident about not submitting scores.[/quote]

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