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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]most top schools are test required.  Only a few trying to game admissions (chicago) or shit ones (emory) lag.[/quote]

You can be test required but still essentially disregard scores in the admissions calculus. Many schools do this by using scores as a bar you have to pass, rather than giving more points for higher scores.[/quote]

Is OP’s link advocating for higher scores being the primary criteria? So Stanford has to accept all the kids with 1600s before they consider the kids with 1590s?[/quote]

Yes, the link OP posted compares current holistic policies to an SAT-only approach. [/quote]

Why would any school want to rely only on SAT scores? How is that one score more useful than all the other things that go into making a good, curious student and future leader? [my kids both had high scores, so the SAT only approach would benefit them in spite of their mediocre grades].[/quote]

Because the holistic approach that considers extracurriculars on par with test scores vastly favors the wealthy.[/quote]
NP. A couple of things: I haven't seen anyone advocate for SAT-only, ignoring grades and rigor.

ECs are a separate question. They aren't all that in admissions. Too many in this forum see ECs as achievements.

Admission decisions are driven by algorithms far more than colleges are willing to admit. Enrollment management consulting is a multibillion dollar industry and most colleges use consultants, including top ones.[/quote]

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