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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of course. The schools that like tests have moderate demand and moderate prices (Purdue, Bama) or high demand and high prices (MIT, CalTech). Moderate demand + high price = test optional, starting way before COVID with Bates and Chicago. Pomona definitely falls into that category. I would expect all ED schools to stay TO. [/quote]

Cal tech is test blind[/quote]

DP but Caltech is an anomaly that it’s test blind. If you look at its admissions site it very clearly states they expect you to take the hardest STEM classes your school offers and it seems like they encourage to go above and beyond if feasible. Outside of first gen students, I don’t think they’re accepting anyone who has just done Calc AB.[/quote]

There's nothing anomalous about being test blind and wanting demonstrated rigor and achievement.  It's more of a recognition that the standardized tests are not good proxies for that and having those numbers available in the file in a test optional system can create a heuristic bias that leads the admission reviewer to substitute the numbers for the demonstrated evidence that the school wants them to look for in an application (which isn't necessarily AP scores either; as other poster mentioned, they want awards, research projects, classes etc that go deeper than numbers).[/quote]

What was your test score(s)?

What were the test scores of your child/ren?[/quote]

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