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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every kid is high stats now thanks to the gat dang coronavirus. Teachers have dialed back expectations, handing out A's like they're frigg'n candy to any kid who can figure out how to get his gat dang zoom connection to work. And with every frigg'n college going test optional (or worse, test blind, meaning they won't even consider SAT/ACT scores if you submit them) it's tougher for the legit superstars to set themselves apart. This whole situation sux knutts for the kids who can crush standardized tests and make straight A's not just because their teachers feel guilty saddling them with a B during a pandemic.[/quote]

This post is a [b]baseless and pointless rant.[/b][/quote]

+ 1.
DP here. My kid is a "legit superstar" and he is fully aware that colleges will be easily able to differentiate between all kinds of  students even with being test optional and easy As.   No worries. 
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Agree with this. If a kid is a superstar, the rest of the application will show this. It's those elements, not the SAT and GPA that show a kid is above and beyond other applicants.[/quote]

This makes no sense. The SAT/ACT and GPA have always been huge factors in who gets admitted and who doesn't. Look at the common data set for any elite college or university. A kid may have an out-of-this-world "rest of the application," but he ain't getting in with a 26 on the ACT when the middle 50% range is 32-35. Same for a kid with a 3.27 GPA when 80% of accepted students are at a 3.75 or higher. Or at least that kid wasn't getting in before Fall 2020. Now, thanks to the gat dang coronavirus, his GPA is probably half a point higher from grade inflation, and he no longer has to submit his unimpressive ACT score. Now, by making up a bunch of crap about leadership positions he's held, and maybe writing a Leaders of the New School level Sobb Story about how much his family has suffered because of covid, that thoroughly mediocre kid might have a chance — and might end up taking a spot from a kid who deserves it way more but no longer has a way to show it. That's the rub.[/quote]

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