<p>So you had a pretty good chance of getting into a school (80%), but you send a just below average SAT score to a Test-Optional school, would your chances drop because of it?</p>
<p>Or would it not affect you at all?</p>
<p>Please don't say "Just don't send it," because I was stupid and already did.</p>
<p>The 80% is an arbitrary number, I don't have an idea at my chances at getting in, but SAT scores out of the equation I would be towards the upper average of the incoming freshmen class.</p>
<p>I think it definitely would. The reason why is because if you send, they HAVE to look at it. In a recent article in the New York Times, it was reported that schools that went testing-optional saw an increase in their SAT score. The reason is because students who opt out of sending their scores tend to have lower score than average while those who do send have higher score. You will be placed in a pool that has a higher SAT score than the rest of applicant pool. I don’t know whether it would take away your admission.</p>
<p>Okay, cool.</p>
<p>After reading the title of this thread again, I realized that it may be a little misleading.</p>
<p>Basically I’m asking if a student who would most likely gain admission into a test-optional school without submitting their SAT score, have a harder time getting in if they did send their SAT score.</p>
<p>Test optional tends to inflate a school’s average SAT score, because only those with higher scores send them in. So if your SAT score is below average for the school, but you are competitive otherwise, I would not send it in, because it will probably hurt you.</p>
<p>Bumpity bump.</p>
<p>I would also like to know the answer to this…</p>
<p>“reason why is because”</p>
<p>Eek.</p>
<p>But anyways, it depends how low the score is.</p>