<p>Just announced: “Beginning with the 2014-15 application cycle, undergraduate applicants to Bryn Mawr College will have the option of submitting standardized test scores. In the past, scores from tests such as the SAT or ACT were required for consideration.”</p>
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<p>I have the impression that Bryn Mawr asked for SAT Subjects tests (one from languages & social sciences and one from math and sciences) according to <a href=“College Board Will No Longer Offer SAT Subject Tests or SAT with Essay – College Board Blog”>http://professionals.collegeboard.com/testing/sat-subject/about/institutions</a></p>
<p>I understand that SAT I and ACT are optional now. Is it helpful to send good SAT II and AP scores for application of admission? Without the SAT and ACT scores, what will be helpful for the admission committee to compare the applicants from different high schools? The international students are still required to submit SAT or ACT scores probably because it is hard to compare the rigor of overseas high schools.</p>
<p>Here’s the revised test policy page:
<a href=“Standardized Testing Policy | Bryn Mawr College”>https://www.brynmawr.edu/admissions/standardized-testing-policy</a></p>
<p>"Beginning with the 2014-2015 application cycle, undergraduate applicants to Bryn Mawr College will have the option of submitting standardized test scores.</p>
<p>SAT I or ACT scores are optional for US citizens and US permanent residents.
Non-US citizens and Non-US permanent residents are required to submit standardized test scores (SAT I or ACT) as well as either the TOEFL or IELTS if their primary language is not English and/or their language of instruction over the past four years has not been English.
Official scores should be sent from testing agencies such as the College Board (Bryn Mawr code: 2049) or the ACT (Bryn Mawr code: 3526)."</p>
<p>Thanks for the link!</p>
<p>I wonder why the change? Is the college trying to increase their applicant pool?</p>
<p>“We know there are students all around the country who, when they see ‘test scores,’ they see it as a barrier to applying,” said Peaches Valdes, Bryn Mawr’s director of admissions."</p>
<p>I applied to Bryn Mawr from a very rural public high school. My test scores fell within the range of many schools I applied to, but they weren’t perfect. I think this decision helps even the playing field a little since not all students can afford private tutors/classes or go to huge suburban schools/elite private institutions. </p>
<p>If we already have taken our tests should we still submit them? I’m applying ED for fall 2015 and I currently have a 1640 and am planning on raising that at least 100 or so points (that’s been the trend w my previous 2 scores). Should I still submit my scores or is it not worth it?</p>
<p>I should add I have a 3.18 GPA and very strong leadership postions in and out of school (starting a club, president of 2 clubs, freelance writer for global online magazine)</p>
<p>BMC is smartly joining the ranks of the other sisters. </p>
<p>Bryn Mawr also has a very large and diverse international student population. In New York City and elsewhere, test scores are increasingly gamed by families that can afford to begin specialized tutoring for the SAT and ACT beginning in the ninth and tenth grade–in addition to all the outside tutoring and homework help students receive outside in support of their classwork. This is particularly true of private school families. Many of these families also pay tutors to coach their children through their common app essay and individual college essays. Many of the liberal arts colleges are trying to upend this dynamic and the SAT and the ACT are generally acknowledged to not represent a student’s real academic potential.</p>
Barnard is the only remaining sister that requires not only the SATs, but at least two subject tests as well.
What about Wellesley?
i hope submitting my scores doesn’t hinder me. they aren’t horrendous, but barely in bryn mawr’s range (composite 28, a 10 for writing which should help some).
Barnard requires subject tests only if you send in SAT scores but can submit ACT scores instead without subject tests.