The Misguided War on the SAT

[DadOfJerseyGirl]

@BUMD

However, if the applicant is the typical high-stat applicant without any institutional hook and lives in an area where there are a lot of high-stat applicants applying to the same school with submitted high test scores, that applicant should submit a test score.

So, test optional isn’t truly optional for everyone. It depends on context.
I had posed this question on this thread, and there are a mix of responses.
(I agree with you)