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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My white upper middle class daughter applied TO and was accepted everywhere. We knew it was a gamble but her scores were not representative of her ability and we didn’t want to give schools a reason to say no to her. She has ADHD and is a poor test taker. Her best scores she could manage on the ACT test dates were 4-5 points lower than the scores she was getting on her practice tests. They were lower than the mid range for all her schools even though her GPA was fine. She was aiming for safeties and matches, not top 50 or anything like that. [/quote]

My kid is also smart and a poor test taker. While they are slow at math, they do just fine with extra time. However, we haven’t gone through the expensive testing to get more time on tests.

If you are white, rich, attend fancy public or private…if your kid has no learning differences, then you are very fortunate. Colleges want more than a sea of these types of people, which they make evident by offering TO.

I’m glad more students feel welcome to apply even if their test score doesn’t reflect their abilities. Too much emphasis is put on the 3-4 hours over which one test takes place. In poorer areas, the testing is a nightmare with late starts and interruptions. We are going to a different and richer county for the next test in the hopes they will have proctors who know what they are doing—or at least don’t take phone calls during the test. [/quote]

Test scores do tend to reflect abilities, colleges just don't like the results and parents don't like the fact that poor test taker actually means weak in that subject [/quote]

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