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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FWIW: my kid, whose GPA was strong from a rigorous private but who applied test optional everywhere due to non-spectacular ACT scores (32), applied to 14 schools-- accepted at Vermont, Dickinson, Lafayette, Denison, Emory and Georgetown; rejected at Duke, BC, Carnegie Mellon, and Vassar, and WL at UVa, VT, W&M, and Yale.

None of this makes any particular sense to me. DC had strong recs and essays, medium extra currics and sport, white, no hooks.

To me all this just illustrates how random all this is. DC leaning towards Georgetown and is happy, but still baffled about those WL schools! (Was expecting acceptance at at least W&M and VT, and rejection at Yale. Go figure).[/quote]

In what world is a 32 ACT "non-spectacular"?  JFC.[/quote]
In the world of the Top 20-40 universities. Also, according to our college consultant, if the standardized test score does not "match" the GPA, it raises red flags. Then, it's best not to submit the test score, which would drag down the value of the GPA. The problem is that GPAs are so inflated for so many students--think 4.5 and above--that an SAT match is somewhere in the 1500s. So you are balancing risk when you decide which schools to apply test optional and which to submit test scores (which still matter more than you think for merit aid). Even the college consulting industry is still trying to figure this all out in terms of best strategy.[/quote]

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