Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 20:13     Subject: Which T25 colleges may be most sensitive to higher SAT/ACT and full pay in the next 2 cycles?
Umich loves oos full pays as well.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 20:11     Subject: Which T25 colleges may be most sensitive to higher SAT/ACT and full pay in the next 2 cycles?
As of this cycle UNC oos now heavily favors full pays.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 19:30     Subject: Which T25 colleges may be most sensitive to higher SAT/ACT and full pay in the next 2 cycles?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Maybe not looking for sensitivity. Look for capacity. Cornell and Penn are two largest ivies to take more high score full pay kids. Outside T20, you have Michigan and USC.


Michigan is top 20


USC is not top 25
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 19:29     Subject: Which T25 colleges may be most sensitive to higher SAT/ACT and full pay in the next 2 cycles?
Anonymous wrote:Maybe not looking for sensitivity. Look for capacity. Cornell and Penn are two largest ivies to take more high score full pay kids. Outside T20, you have Michigan and USC.


Michigan is top 20
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 18:26     Subject: Which T25 colleges may be most sensitive to higher SAT/ACT and full pay in the next 2 cycles?
Maybe not looking for sensitivity. Look for capacity. Cornell and Penn are two largest ivies to take more high score full pay kids. Outside T20, you have Michigan and USC.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 18:11     Subject: Which T25 colleges may be most sensitive to higher SAT/ACT and full pay in the next 2 cycles?
There are 75K kids applying to college every year with 4.0+ GPAs and 1500/34 or higher on SAT/ACT. More than enough to fill every freshman seat in the top 25.

But the top 25 have the same needs as other schools, athletes, band members, etc.,

No one is going to turn away full pay students and all are concerned about federal funding but in the end when supply exceeds available slots admission becomes a lottery.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 17:21     Subject: Which T25 colleges may be most sensitive to higher SAT/ACT and full pay in the next 2 cycles?
Anonymous wrote:Who has been most affected by budget/funding cuts?

Which colleges are most at risk of dramatic score decline after ending test optional?

Vanderbilt, UChicago
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 17:19     Subject: Which T25 colleges may be most sensitive to higher SAT/ACT and full pay in the next 2 cycles?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Who has been most affected by budget/funding cuts?

Which colleges are most at risk of dramatic score decline after ending test optional?

The only ones that are marginally affected by what you described are the ones receiving huge amount of federal funding and are test required.

The only one fits the bill appears to be Johns Hopkins.


Emory too. They have been desparate about high test scores for a while.

Isn't this all colleges? Apparently Emory received over 42k apps this year. They dont need to dip low into applicant pool to fill their class of 1400. Thats just the nature of the game. And if they go back test required their stats wont suffer as they have so many applicants.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 22:43     Subject: Which T25 colleges may be most sensitive to higher SAT/ACT and full pay in the next 2 cycles?
Anonymous wrote:there is about 3.5 million graduating seniors .. of which 60% go to 4yr universities which is about 2.1 million kids. top 99th percentile in test scores ... say 1530 ish SAT, that would make it 21k kids. top 98th percentile (2% of kids) equals 42k students ... plenty to fill T25


You forgot the full-pay international students who are clamoring to go here.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 21:09     Subject: Which T25 colleges may be most sensitive to higher SAT/ACT and full pay in the next 2 cycles?
Top 2% is a 1500 on the SAT and a 34 on the ACT. These are great schools but they are far from a golden ticket to the T25 unless the rest of their academic profile is similarly impressive.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 20:21     Subject: Which T25 colleges may be most sensitive to higher SAT/ACT and full pay in the next 2 cycles?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:there is about 3.5 million graduating seniors .. of which 60% go to 4yr universities which is about 2.1 million kids. top 99th percentile in test scores ... say 1530 ish SAT, that would make it 21k kids. top 98th percentile (2% of kids) equals 42k students ... plenty to fill T25


So you think most students who score in top 2% on SAT end up at T25?

Most students who score in the top 0.5% do get accepted into a T25 (may not matriculate).