University of Alabama-
SAT range 1070-1370
University of Mississippi-
SAT range 1020-1230
West Virginia University-
SAT range 1030-1230
All of those offer excellent scholarships if your test scores are higher than their average. So many colleges have now gone test optional that only the higher scoring kids send them in increasing their average. Inflated High School GPAs and a nice essay can now get a kid admitted to even an Ivy without really knowing how or why any particular student was accepted. Holistic admissions let’s the quota system continue without evidence.