[nickysielicki]

> Students who have not already taken the SAT/ACT, and cannot find a forthcoming opportunity to do so safely are discouraged from taking the test, in order to protect their personal health, as well as the health of their family and community. We will not make any negative presumptions regarding academic preparation based solely on the absence of SAT/ACT scores, but will instead make the best, most informed decision we can by rigorously assessing other academic aspects of their application (such as grades, coursework, and other examinations).

This is getting ridiculous.

Imagine if your kid puts in the hours and hours of studying and pulls off a 35 on their ACT -- at a school like MIT, that's not enough (considered alone) to get in.

How are you and your kid going to feel when they give her spot to someone who didn't even submit a standardized test score?

[TechBro8615]

That's never been enough by itself to get into MIT. This just gives them more cover to be even more biased.

[kirykl]

Loving that full scholarship at a competing school

[commandlinefan]

But not loving that lower salary over the course of a lifetime as much.

[nickysielicki]

That option existed regardless -- being forced to take it isn't exactly a silver lining.