Anonymous wrote:Relevant article published yesterday!

https://nypost.com/dispatch/what-test-optional-really-means-for-college-applications/

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Anonymous wrote:The college counselors at my DC’s private school just sent out a communication in the school’s weekly newsletter saying 4 of 6 students accepted to Stanford last year and 7 of 11 accepted to Cornell did not submit scores. So I’m not worried about my senior DC not taking the SAT.

One, last year isn't this year. This year, there's an SAT testing facility near you that is open. Last year, there likely was not.Ad coms know this very well, regardless of their official party line.

Two, a lot of those kids accepted last year to top flight schools without objective scores and grades were key athletes. That will be the case this year too. Is your DC a recruited athlete? Does your DC diversify the university's student body? If not, trying to hide his score in a year where testing sites are open and ready for business will backfire. They'll know it's low and you're not bringing anything distinct or intriguing to offset that

No, as I said, we are in Northern California, and test sites have not been open. Out of the six kids that were accepted to Stanford, none were athletes. Only one was a URM. None were first generation or economically disadvantaged. You know not of what you speak.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The college counselors at my DC’s private school just sent out a communication in the school’s weekly newsletter saying 4 of 6 students accepted to Stanford last year and 7 of 11 accepted to Cornell did not submit scores. So I’m not worried about my senior DC not taking the SAT.

One, last year isn't this year. This year, there's an SAT testing facility near you that is open. Last year, there likely was not.Ad coms know this very well, regardless of their official party line.

Two, a lot of those kids accepted last year to top flight schools without objective scores and grades were key athletes. That will be the case this year too. Is your DC a recruited athlete? Does your DC diversify the university's student body? If not, trying to hide his score in a year where testing sites are open and ready for business will backfire. They'll know it's low and you're not bringing anything distinct or intriguing to offset that

No, as I said, we are in Northern California, and test sites have not been open. Out of the six kids that were accepted to Stanford, none were athletes. Only one was a URM. None were first generation or economically disadvantaged. You know not of what you speak.

DP here. Your kid obviously attends an elite private school with rigorous admission standards and a pipeline to Stanford and Cornell. So your little anecdote has no relevance to the real world in which most people reside.