Chances for "hidden-Ivies"?

[vonlost]

<p>“Reed-reach, but you may get lucky because they are hippies and therefore dislike the SAT”</p>

<p>They were hippies years ago, and Reed still requires either SAT or ACT scores to be submitted. The president of Reed defends the requirement:

Standardized tests, for all their recognized imperfections, are carefully designed and tested to measure such basic intellectual skills as reading comprehension, vocabulary, critical thinking, computational ability and quantitative reasoning. Are admissions officers at SAT-optional universities saying that the test scores do not provide probative evidence of the possession of these skills? Are they saying that these skills are not relevant to success in the educational program of their colleges? Neither claim is remotely plausible.

<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/18/opinion/18diver.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/18/opinion/18diver.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;