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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone who wants to submit a score is still welcome too. The panic over test optional is very telling, as is the mindset that private universities could somehow be forced to consider standardized testing in their admissions criteria [/quote]

What exactly does it "tell?"[/quote]

NP well there’s a common misperception that high test scores are an indicator of intelligence or college readiness, for one thing. When in fact it’s been demonstrated not to be anything more than an artificial barrier to entry that discriminates against POC. Test bias is a real thing.[/quote]

THIS^^^.

Look at WPI for example.  They have been test optional since 2012...and were well on their way to going test blind.  Covid sped that process along and for the HS class of 2022 (fall 2022 start) they did go test blind.  They do not look at scores and wont change that.  Their average GPA (UW) is 3.92.  They have found GPA is a much better indicator than SAT/ACT.  They are a STEM focused school/engineering and admit kids with an AVG gpa of 3.92 UW.  Pretty damn impressive.  They have found a way to find really smart kids who will succeed.  Their grad rate is 87 or 88%, which given that they have a 92% retention rate after freshman year.  Given how challenging engineering is, I suspect the remaining loss is people who simply transfer out after freshman year because they want something other than STEM.  Point is, they have an excellent graduate rate for a school ranked in the 60s, and they learned a long time ago that SATs were not needed to get the right group of students---they found they were missing great students by using the tests.

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