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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think kids/schools prepare for the PSAT now that almost every college is test optional. And that also means the NMSF designation will become even less relevant.

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It’s only helpful for attending off-the-run colleges on scholarship. They’ll start emailing you brochures asap. [/quote]

Exactly. It’s becoming obsolete. [/quote]

Not so much obsolete as déclassé.[/quote]

No, definitely obsolete. In a test optional world, the SAT and PSAT no longer hold meaning for any student regardless of class.[/quote]

Incorrect. The following colleges require the SAT or ACT in 2023-24:

MIT
Georgia Tech
UGA
All Florida public universities (including the University of Florida and FSU)
Georgetown University
University of Tennessee
Purdue (unless an applicant is unable to take the test)

“No matter what schools like Penn tell you, students with great scores will always enjoy an advantage over students who do not submit scores," Taylor said.”

https://www.thedp.com/article/2023/08/upenn-test-scores-sat-act-pandemic-optional-policy-admissions[/quote]

Wow. You are right. The vast majority of colleges require scores. :roll: Oh, wait. I just checked. It's less than 20%.

Maybe schools will decide to go back to testing eventually, but for the current crop of high school students, it's really meaningless. Especially the SAT. You really think most high school students aren't thinking to themselves about how they don't have to worry about the SAT or ACT? Even if they plan to take them, they are aware they have an out. Doesn't have the same importance that it once did.[/quote]

For those in the cheap seats, like you:

“No matter what schools like Penn tell you, students with great scores will always enjoy an advantage over students who do not submit scores," Taylor said.”

https://www.thedp.com/art...admissions[/quote]

Your link doesn’t work. But after I googled the quote, I laughed when I saw the person who said it. The director of a college counseling service? Someone who sells test prep? Yeah, those of us in the “cheap seats” are apparently better able to smell bull than you, my oh so smart and elite friend. [/quote]

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