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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DP here. This is a good article.
For those of you commenting without reading the article, I highly recommend you read it first. The reporter mentions multiple recent studies that all show the same thing - test scores are more predictive of future college success than high school grades. 
Most college admissions officials agree that test scores should be used as one factor towards admissions but they are scared of political backlash if they bring test scores back. [/quote]

Yes, gpa is generally more predictive than test scores alone but not as predictive as gpa plus test scores.  Further, gpa has become less and less predictive as grades have become inflated.   Source: UC system and Purdue research.[/quote]

My annoyance is that my DD studied hard and did really well on the SAT - similar to her sisters that got into top 20 schools. But, we went TO b/c the scores that are now reported are much higher as no one is reporting. We agonized over this decision. She lost a valuable side to her application.  And, I think every year scores will continue to go up as those on the 25-50% will no longer report.  Just a horrible decision.  [/quote]

We reported an 1140 that was made up of a very high verbal and a very low math score. Why? One, I wanted colleges to get an idea of what kind of student they'd be getting, and two, I figured that any college that excluded because of that low math score wasn't a place I'd want to pay.

You have the option of playing stupid games to get overinflated prizes... or not. In our case, the acceptances are rolling in, so it seems to have worked. [/quote]

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