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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]This thread seems to have a lot of "perfect GPA/ high rigor" kids who are surprised their kids are scoring in the 1300-1400 range[/b] (still a great score)!

I think what this shows is that grading standards at high schools (especially public ones) have become so inflated that GPA is a barely meaningful metric any more. Also demonstrates the folly of test optional policies.

Every high school is different. Every kid is different. Test scores should not be dispositive in the admissions context, but it is undeniably useful to have a single uniform and unbiased metric for all kids in the admissions pool (if only to normalize the wildly different quality and grading standards across high schools).

It's also helpful for students to understand their own strengths and weaknesses. [/quote]

I’m one of those posters and that’s not exactly how I see it. I see a kid who puts a lot of time and effort into her grades, and who reads a ton in her own, and who is a great writer, and I have no doubt that she would be able to handle the rigor in any college humanities program (that’s her thing—STEM would be a different story). For whatever reason, she’s not able to convey that with the SAT test. Her brain is not wired that way, but she’s got the raw materials to do good work.

I, on the other hand, rarely ever cracked a book for pleasure in high school and didn’t spend one second prepping for the test, and I got an amazing score the first time. My brain is wired for standardized test, but once I got to college I just got kind of lazy and didn’t feel like putting much effort in anymore. When this test makes you feel super smart, you might crumble when things actually start to get intellectually challenging.

So, for me, it makes test optional make a lot more sense. Testing well does not always equal natural intellectual curiosity or a propensity for long term success.[/quote]

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