A family member is in the college application process, and, man, thing were a lot simpler when I was a kid. So much gamesmanship is involved now. Some places, like California’s public universities, won’t accept the SATs/ACTs even if you wanted to submit them. A few top-tier private colleges still require them. The vast majority of colleges and universities in the middle are “test optional.” Which presents a dilemma for a kid with a good but not spectacular score. What if your SAT is likely *above average* for the particular college but might be *below average* for the applicants submitting a score because most of the applicants scoring lower than you opt not to submit a score, so your “good score” might be among the lowest of the applicant pool and you look bad by comparison? See the problem? Things were simpler when every damned college required the SAT/ACT and that was that.
>> See the problem? Things were simpler when every damned college required the SAT/ACT and that was that.
Oh yes, I see the problem. That in a nutshell is the WHOLE REASON that standardized testing came into being!