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[quote=Anonymous]My kid is at UChicago.  From what I’ve seen over the past several years, the test-optional decision is part of a long-term, multi-faceted campaign to attract more first gen and lower income students to the school.  Odyssey Scholars, the Coalition App, Metcalf fellowships, the No Barriers financial aid initiative, summer outreach programs like Adelante, scholarships for the kids of local public school teachers, cops, and firefighters have been other aspects of this concerted effort.

Simultaneously, the school has also done things to increase the numbers of very high income students admitted (investments in new dorms and athletic facilities, ED 1/2, scaling back merit aid, expanding the size of entering classes) as well as to enhance the school’s profile/desirability more generally.

You can agree or disagree with the various goals (and/or the means used to further them).  And I do, LOL!  But I don’t see the test-optional move as motivated by a desire to avoid (or win) a lawsuit like the one Harvard is currently facing.  OTOH, timing of the announcement could certainly be opportunistic.[/quote]

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