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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]TO will not be a great look for a someone w your DCs stats. Not too hard to bump up sat. I would have him work on that. Superscoring to at least 1500 will be straightforward. Good luck.[/quote]

+1 With his stats, TO will look like his test scores are not 1500+, especially with 4/5 on all his AP tests.  So yes, it will look "fishy" to the AO.  So unless you are form a Low income zip code, it will be assumed he didn't do well on the SAT/ACT.

That's the thing, TO is not really TO at most schools.  If you are from a zipcode where everyone can easily take the tests, then you should take it and submit
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What is your support for this? I would agree if school says "test recommended," but most who say TO are [b]explicit that nothing will be assumed [/b]by not submitting,  it's just 1 data point.[/quote]

wrong.  human nature assumes the kid is a poor test taker and is hiding something.  What is college?  Four years of testing.  So colleges only want the kids that fit the profile they are seeking (URM, first generation, etc.) for test optional slots.  This is obvious.  Your public high school counselor might be embarrassed to admit this but ask any private counselor and they will tell you - especially if you are in a tony private - to submit test scores if you can.  If you can't, it will be assumed that they are poor and you will not get into top schools[/quote]

Who's wrong? The admissions offices that say no inferences are made? Because that was my point.  What's wrong is you making statements based on nothing more than your own hunches.

Folks, this landscape is perpetually shifting. Find out from tge schools' admissions offices what they think about no score.[/quote]

The schools HAVE to say that being TO since they are making hundreds of thousands more dollars being TO. Doesn't mean that don't make inferences. It's human nature as someone said. No one would go TO if they scored well.[/quote]

Except now what is considered a good score is much higher than it used a be.  A 33 ACT is no longer good - you need a 35 or 36 to stand out.  So a lot of kids who scored scored well (like a 33) won't send it in.  So it's all kind of meaningless now.  Before test optional, you would have been proud to send in that score.[/quote]

Bingo. And this is the issue. Most colleges will assume a score like 33 for private school kids - not a really low one (like 28) - if they are assuming at all….
Why? Bc for some schools, not many are submitting unless 34-36; 1530+[/quote]

We were told not to submit to Vandy as well (34). [/quote]

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