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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just take a look at the thread titled Bad Choices today about the student with a 3.7 uw who is disappointed with her options. Not to pick on that poster, but more generally, since the rapid move to TO, there are assumptions made by applicants and their families that they never would have made under a tests-required scenario, assumptions that don't quite verge on entitlements, but not recognizing that to college AOs, TO = low score.Some colleges also pretend that this isn't true, but it is a simple fact that TO applicants scored "low"[/quote]

There are an equally large number of posts by people complaining that their kid had a "good enough" score to get in, but still got deferred or rejected.

It ain't the test score or lack thereof that's making the difference at highly rejective schools.[/quote]

I disagree, there are a couple of active threads currently where test optional kids with high gpas are underperforming in admissions compared to their classmates.  Yes, kids with high test scores also get rejected, [/b]but all things being equal, the evidence shows it’s harder to get on test optional for upper middle class kids[b].  Which is why probate schools are back to encouraging testing.[/quote]

What data are you using to make this statement? Is there a national study out there on test optional outcomes filtered by family income and school type? 
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Our school, an academically rigorous  school in Maryland, is advising underclassman based on prior results of test optional students.  It doesn’t require a national study.  For what it’s worth, we have a private college counselor based in DC, who also encourages submitting test scores.  Both these sources have better info than anonymous posters on DCUM, many of whom don’t even live in the DMV.
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It will really be interesting to see the data of admitted students who were “test optional” in the selective schools CDS this year.[/quote]

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