Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 11:18     Subject: Harvard will require Test Scores starting next year

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:yep.
Whatever will the 4/4.6 1390 poor test-taking children of DCUM do?


Remember when a 4.0 and 1400 was an exceptional kid?


A 1390 in a test-required atmosphere is a decent score.


anything over 1350 is top 10%
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 11:16     Subject: Harvard will require Test Scores starting next year

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:yep.
Whatever will the 4/4.6 1390 poor test-taking children of DCUM do?


Remember when a 4.0 and 1400 was an exceptional kid?


It still is a great kid. The poster who made that odd, snarky remark revealed a lot about him/herself. A higher SAT score does not mean anything about a child's character or even about their ability to do well at an Ivy. It might just mean rejection at that Ivy.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 11:14     Subject: Harvard will require Test Scores starting next year

test optional was a failed experiment
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 11:14     Subject: Harvard will require Test Scores starting next year

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:yep.
Whatever will the 4/4.6 1390 poor test-taking children of DCUM do?


Remember when a 4.0 and 1400 was an exceptional kid?


A 1390 in a test-required atmosphere is a decent score.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 11:12     Subject: Harvard will require Test Scores starting next year

Anonymous wrote:yep.
Whatever will the 4/4.6 1390 poor test-taking children of DCUM do?


Remember when a 4.0 and 1400 was an exceptional kid?
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 11:10     Subject: Harvard will require Test Scores starting next year

Anonymous wrote:I still think they should require parents SAT scores.


I mean, now you're being weird. I support requiring test scores, but this is psychotic.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 11:10     Subject: Harvard will require Test Scores starting next year

Anonymous wrote:I still think they should require parents SAT scores.


Given that you don't know how to use apostrophes, I don't think that would benefit your kid.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 11:09     Subject: Harvard will require Test Scores starting next year

I mean, obviously. The test optional thing was a weird experiment and there is no evidence that it accomplished anything useful, and some evidence it was genuinely detrimental. Good riddance.

Being good at taking tests is not the most important thing in life and everyone should remind themselves of that. But it turns out that people who do test well, and are able to get very high scores on college preparedness tests, tend to also do best in college, where they will also be expected to regularly take tests. It's okay that not everyone goes to an Ivy, or becomes a lawyer or doctor or academic or MBA or whatever. It's not the only option in life.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 11:07     Subject: Harvard will require Test Scores starting next year

I still think they should require parents SAT scores.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 11:06     Subject: Harvard will require Test Scores starting next year

yep.
Whatever will the 4/4.6 1390 poor test-taking children of DCUM do?
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 11:06     Subject: Harvard will require Test Scores starting next year

Good
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 11:03     Subject: Harvard will require Test Scores starting next year

Princeton and Stanford next?
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 11:02     Subject: Harvard will require Test Scores starting next year

With no dog in this fight (I have regular kids who aren’t high achieving) I applaud this.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 10:59     Subject: Harvard will require Test Scores starting next year

Indeed.

Some posters on here were very confident that Yale and Brown and Dartmouth resuming testing requirements were the exceptions.

Pretty clear by now that test optional admits had not very good outcomes.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 10:36     Subject: Harvard will require Test Scores starting next year

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/04/11/harvard-reinstates-sat-act-admissions-requirement/

Harvard is joining the list of school requiring test scores for applications.