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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With Princeton finally changing, he only Test Optional schools left in the T10/ivy group:

Northwestern
Columbia
Duke

Makes those three look pretty desperate for apps.

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I predict Duke and NU change to required next. Columbia has too many other issues that risk matriculation of true ivy quality kids; they will wait until 2029 or later and will exempt GS applicants[/quote]

I know NU won't right now. They have pressure for revenue sports recruiting and are now getting basketball players they would have NEVER gotten before. One was announced last week and its a GIANT coup.

Duke is quite happy as well given their carolinas commitment. Scores are signficantly lower there and they don't want to bring down the averages.
I'd assume Vanderbilt is VERY happy with their football team right now.

Schools with real sports shouldn't have to have scores for recruited athletes. Winning teams transform and complete a college experience. [/quote]

Schools used to let in athletes with lower scores in the old days before test optional. I don’t see why this would change now. They just don’t want to drop academic standards for the entire college just so athletes can apply without test scores.[/quote]

Agree, but assume it would  negatively impact the USNWR  ranking for some of the true Div 1 teams mentioned. Don’t think they want to do that voluntarily?

It’s not a problem for Princeton. They aren’t ever making a bowl game. The SEC and Big10 revenue share opportunities are huge for schools like Vanderbilt and Northwestern! It’s why all those west coast teams joined Big10 last year.

With today’s funding gaps, these schools need to get more money from athletics - not less.

This is true for a very small subset of schools. But it seems to me that a lot of the naive comments here don’t understand the underlying economics of how a university is run. An elite school sure, but one with competitive programming in revenue sports doesn’t care that you want them to “only” use test scores. They want their athletes.

Agree with pp re Northwestern. I’m an alum. The news last week was shocking re Jayden. To get the basketball team Collin’s is putting together, definitely means no - not low - test scores. I’m also ok with that.

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Four-star recruit Jayden Hodge will commit to Northwestern, Hodge announced Monday afternoon on Instagram. The Belgium native will enter campus next fall as the highest-ranked NU men’s basketball recruit in the modern era, according to 247 Sports’ composite ranking.

“It was definitely a hard decision,” Hodge told The Daily. “But I felt confident and thought about it for a while, and I’m happy that I’ve made this decision.”

Hodge attracted significant buzz among recruiters because of his unique two-way playmaking abilities. In 2024, he led Belgium to a seventh-place finish in the FIBA U18 EuroBasket championship, averaging 15.9 points, 6.9 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game. Beyond his offensive firepower, Hodge was a defensive pest, averaging 1.7 steals per game and just under one block per game.

Following a recruiting cycle with three of NU’s highest recruits in program history — Tre Singleton, Jake West and Tyler Kropp — coach Chris Collins is showing no signs of slowing down.

When Hodge visited campus in June, he received a tour from longtime friend and South Florida transfer Jayden Reid, a former roommate and teammate of Hodge’s older brother, Matthew. Hodge said he was struck by the beautiful campus and the academic rigor. More than anything, he said he felt truly wanted by Collins and the entire program.“

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