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Subject: Re: Dartmouth Commended on Real Time with Bill Maher Author: SpuytenDuyvil76 (veritas) [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 06:56:18 03/09/24 Sat In reply to: An Observer 's message, "Dartmouth Commended on Real Time with Bill Maher" on 02:06:20 03/09/24 Sat Apropos of my earlier comment, I'm genuinely curious to know, did it ever really go away? Or is it window dressing? I'm saying the vast majority don't take a chance with the "optional" nonsense and get the scores in. They are taking the tests for their other schools... [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> Subject: Re: Dartmouth Commended on Real Time with Bill Maher Author: An Observer [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:38:25 03/09/24 Sat Spuyten, I agree with your point. Just because the test score is optional does not mean the admissions offices ignore its absence in the application. One of my closest friends just went through this with his child, who was an extraordinary candidate in many respects, but had always been a very poor test taker. They made the calculated gamble not to take the SAT at all, hoping that a 4.3 GPA and tremendous extracurricular activities plus status as a legacy would be enough to carry the day. Wait list at Harvard is as close as they got to the Ivy League. If they read the press release from Dartmouth, it might have broken their hearts because their situation is exactly what Dartmouth said could have been helped with even a mediocre SAT score. So you're right. The impact of the SAT was not eliminated. That just goes to show how much of making it "optional" was, as the kids say today, performative. Just virtue signaling by the admissions office. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]