Match my HS Jr to LACs - 4.5 GPA but bombed ACT SAT [MD resident, test scores below 80th percentile, <$30k]

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Regarding applying test optional in the current (although changing) environment, you may benefit from perusing Common Data Sets at colleges of potential interest, if you haven’t done so already. At Bates, for example, only 28% of the recent entering class reported standardized scores.