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Reply to "Are colleges secretly factoring test scores into decisions for test-optional applicants?"
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[quote=Anonymous]Last year a college advisor shared a powerpoint slide at a school meeting showing admit rates for various schools for no-test vs. submitted students. I assume the data were from Scoir or something. I remember, for example, that for Colgate it was like 10% for no-test and 30% for test. They were all like that. Now, some of that might be because test optional are worse students on average (they are)... but some of it must be the test. I think admissions officers are simply doing the following math: "At my school, the lowest SAT we see is 1400. If someone doesn't submit, I'm assuming it's below that--probably 1350. So, mentally, I'll pencil that in." I think it's dishonest and nasty that these schools remain test-optional when it's clear that in most cases, it's about encouraging kids who have no shot to apply, decreasing acceptance rates for the sake of the U.S. News arms race.[/quote]
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