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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Looking at Scattergrams, there are many kids with low grades but high test scores. There are few with high grades but low scores. Things track pretty well. [/quote]

There are so many students with very high GPAs and low test scores. This is why they are applying test optional. [/quote]

This is why SATs matter. [/quote]

how do you figure? if a kid has a very high GPA in a competitive HS, why should they also HAVE to have a high SAT? My DS is an anxious standardized test taker, he literally threw up on the way to one of his APs exams. Also, we cannot afford test prep so everything was done in Khan Academy for free. So the fact that he gets nervous in those situations and we can't afford thousands in test prep should invalidate the fact that he has demonstrated over the course of 11+ years that he is capable of learning and understanding the required material at a high level?   I do not think is score is bad, but if I posted it here, you would all say, omg awful should go to a comm college LOL Regardless, most kids with his GPA had a higher SAT/ACT score, but that does not mean he is less prepared or capable in college. In fact he has a 4.0 currently.

Some people are just good standardized test takers, others are not and/or not able to afford the prep that many others can.[/quote]

"[b]My kid is an anxious test taker, and throws up before big tests, therefore schools should not give academic tests for college entrance." Really? [/b]

My kid has a common physical disability that makes him terrible at sports, therefore schools should not consider sports for college admissions. Yeah, my statement, while a more logical one for acadmeoic admissions, isn't going to work either.[/quote]

I actually did not say that at all and my kid applied with his score. My point is only that there are kids out there whose scores do not necessarily tie to their ability to do the work. I am not personally a proponent of test optional, but it should just be one piece of the puzzle and was responding to the PPs point that those who have a low score and high grades might mean that kid is less likely to do well in college because they insist there must be grade inflation. I am responding to say I have such a kid and that it is not because of grade inflation that he has high GPA and he is doing great in college. I see that there are people on this board who simply cannot fathom that.[/quote]

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