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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love it when people say test scores are “overrated.”  Sure, they are overrated until you want to figure out who can get through an upper level physics class

These schools are generally being dishonest.  Why don’t they take everyone scores, even the bad ones from the kids they want to admit and admit them anyway?  Dartmouth has it right.  These other schools like Swarthmore are just exploiting a system and sending a bad message that is full of inconsistency.  [/quote]
Tell me more about the part of the SAT/ACT that tests physics knowledge? Do you have any evidence that TO students are ill-prepared for physics courses at a school like Swarthmore? Or is it just a supposition you hatched from your own fundament? BTW, only three of the ten strongest (total or per capita) undergraduate feeders to physics PhD programs require tests (including Princeton which is TO for the next couple years): https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-phd-programs/#physics

For those who pray at the altar of standardized tests, may I suggest looking at elite universities in China, Japan, and Korea. They are exclusively comprised of elite test takers and yet mostly inferior to American universities with holistic admissions. Their elite high school students spend most of their waking hours preparing for college entrance exams like the gaokao, sacrificing all social life, most extracurricular activities, and often their psychological wellbeing. Y'all would love it![/quote]

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