If HYPSM reject, say, 65% of students w/ perfect GPAs and SAT/ACT scores, that means 35% get in. That's good odds, no?

Thanks - that’s the quote I was thinking of. It will be interesting to see with test optional whether than ranges of scores tightens much.

My theory: If scores and acceptance are just correlated, you wouldn’t see much of a change (because the same students are admitted with or without scores). If the score range tightens a lot, then maybe the acceptances are more about the scores.

The only thing is, it is impossible to know what the scores were for those that didn’t submit. For those who didn’t submit because they didn’t have scores, their result shouldn’t be impacted if there is just a correlation. For those outliers who didn’t submit because they had low scores but otherwise fit the admitted student profile? Are there enough of those to skew the results?

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