Has anyone applied and been accepted w/o SAT scores?

PMcMScot
Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:12:11 +0000

My D is one of those kids for whom the SAT simply is not going to reflect her real academic abilities. She’s got a 3.5 + GPA in a rigorous IB program. She’s an outstanding writer, and she’s a kid who will have lop-sided math vs. verbal scores on the SAT (she’s taking it for the first time in May). I’m expecting them to be really lop-sided (especially given her two prior PSAT scores), because she simply doesn’t have a brain for math.

She loves, loves, loves Drew. It’s been her first choice since we visited last fall. She’s thinking strongly about not sending her SAT scores, and she does have quite a few graded papers she can submit. She’s working with her teachers now, asking them to be very detailed in their comments when they grade papers.

But I’m concerned that there may be a bias against kids without SAT scores. I know that the admissions office says this is not the case but, still…

Can someone who’s gone the no-SAT route – and been accepted – share their experience here? Even better would be if you got merit money!

Thanks!