<p>FWIW, older child scored 2400 on second try; 2350 first time. Younger child looks very similar in scoring potential. So I’m not coming from the position of “this will hurt my kids”. In fact, it will probably hurt my kids who are very poised test takers. I truly just get very, very tired of the overall treatment of the student in this process. I know CB will make money off score choice. But I also believe schools like H and P had the interests of the student applicants in mind when they endorsed the move to score choice. They are demonstrating a real understanding that beyond a certain level of score, it is pretty much pointless anyway. So they are leaving it to the applicant to present themselves in the best light possible.</p>
<p>The irony is that policies like those of Stanford and Yale are fueling, not diminishing, the mania for test prep. In their grand stand gesture to appear above the fray on the mania over scores, these institutions have simply added to the angst that students endure in applying to them. Yeah!</p>