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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Better to have a low test score than a GPA lower than 3.75UW. They say our kids shouldn't stress about grades -- then they make it ALL about grades. You can't have a bad day or a bad year because your 1500 SAT won't make up for those Bs even if was in AP classes. [/quote]
 This is why TO should go away. Someone who has a UW3.6 but took high rigor classes and gets a 1560 on SAT belongs in a elite college, someone who has a UW4.0 but took easier classes , or has grade inflation, and gets a 1290 does not.[/quote]

Says who? We see your bias, but it doesn't make it so.[/quote]

I think what a lot of people who cling to test scores as the end-all be-all don't want to admit is that they are malleable too.  The difference between the 1300 kid and the 1500 kid is often $10,000 in test prep or a fake diagnosis that gives the latter extra time.  I'm not saying test scores don't matter or shouldn't be part of a holistic review but as a parent (with two kids that score pretty well on these things) I would hate for the highest scorers to get in...but not as much as I hate the bumps to legacies and athletes.[/quote]
no way. No test prep would bring a score of 1300 to 1500.  It might bring a 1300 to 1400, maybe, but not 1500.

I have two kids -- one scored 1580 with no prepping other than at home. The other one will probably score <1400 even with test prep.[/quote]

I didn't say that test prep would always be the difference...I said it would often be the difference.  Just like extra time could often be the difference.  And I know several kids that had score increases like this with several months of private test prep (including a nephew who went from 1280 to 1510).  For a lot of kids, there are simply holes in knowledge that a lot of prep can help with...plus all the test-taking "tricks".  Do I think all kids can get to a 1500?  Probably not.  But kids who are at 1300-ish baseline are bright kids, despite what DCUM would have you think and sometimes it really is just a matter of $$....[/quote]
Never stated 1300-ish kids aren't bright.  My one DC is such a kid. I always tell this kid that they are bright, but they also have anxiety. There's no accommodations for anxiety.[/quote]

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