Housing Policy Change

wrist
Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:30:51 +0000

The reason schools that go SAT optional appear to be more selective is that the students who do choose to submit scores have higher scores, so the reported SAT averages rise. There is a movement afoot to require that SAT optional schools report overall SAT averages. SATs are contentious in that certain demographics just do better on the tests, and those who can afford prep may have an advantage, but a holistic admissions policy takes that into account.