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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's a new statistic that might be useful.  Of the 48,000 UVA applications sent in this year (ED, EA and RD), 43% did not submit scores.  However we don't know how that decision 
impacted getting in or not.  https://uvamagazine.org/articles/undergraduate_application_rates_hit_records?utm_source=initial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=february-enews-21[/quote]

Right.  That’s the info I want to know.  Of those *accepted,* how many sent in scores (or rather, did NOT send in scores).  Until they make that public, I feel very skeptical about “test-optional.”[/quote]

Chicago went test-optional in 2018, so its experience could be instructive. In 2019, similar percentages of applicants and admitted students did not submit scores.

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2019-09-13/what-to-know-about-applying-to-test-optional-colleges

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[i]UChicago made the decision to go test-optional because admission is determined by more than test scores, Nondorf says. Only about 10% to 15% of applicants used the test-optional policy, and roughly the same percentage were admitted that way and chose to attend. In part because of the new policy and increased financial aid offerings, the university saw a 20% rise in low-income and first-generation students for its latest admitted class.[/i][/quote]

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