And that’s not the only thing troubling with the editorial standards. The article creates the false impression that NMSF were not notified, and that is not the case. Also, the big crime here seems to be that the kids didn’t receive their commendation certificates until mid-November, as if they needed the physical certificate to put it on their applications. Semi-finalists are not announced until September, and as the link above indicates these semi-finalists were announced in September. As for the commendation cutoff, it is publicly known from the May before, and colleges are well aware of the cutoff score.
Stressed out parents are mad because their kids didn’t get a parade for being a commended student, and this publication is trying to turn it into a culture war issue. GMAB.
A few posters have posted misleading information about the reasons for and implementation of the test-blind policies at the UC’s. Because the information is off topic, I won’t get into it here, except to say that it is mistaken.