Why some colleges don’t rely on SAT or ACT scores

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"The recent controversy surrounding a Florida high school student fighting a claim she cheated on the SAT after her score rose by 300 points brings to mind an ongoing question: Are such exams the best indicator of college aptitude?

Some colleges don’t necessarily think so.

Many of the nation’s top liberal arts and research colleges do not require SAT or ACT scores as part of their application. Of at least 7,000 U.S. colleges and universities, an estimated 1,000 do not require test results, according to The National Center for Fair and Open Testing.

Agnes Scott College is among the Georgia schools that do not require SAT or ACT scores. It allows applicants to use instead an evaluative interview with a counselor or an analytical or critical writing sample.

So why do some schools say they don’t need to see those scores?" …

https://www.ajc.com/news/local-education/why-some-colleges-don-rely-sat-act-scores/mEbDEZWjsDXPR8SOY1CPiL/

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Just keep in mind that this means that 6,000 of 7,000 colleges still do require them.

And I don’t think any college says, or even believes, that such an exam is the “best indicator of college aptitude”, so the thesis of the article is a strawman, IMHO. Every college we’ve worked with over the years has stated that High School performance and program rigor/taking advantage of available advanced-level coursework is the more important factor. Test scores are important, but just a data point among a portfolio of data points.