The Truth About Test Scores: Part II

ohio_mom
Fri, 15 Sep 2006 22:51:34 +0000

I don’t believe they totally ignore them, but they aren’t the be all and end all of admissions.

I am not an admissions officer, so the following is just my opinion. Good SAT’s can indicate a variety of things - a certain natural mental quickness to do well without prep, or the dogged determination to obtain good scores with prep. A low score could raise concerns regarding an applicants ability to succeed. IMO, at Chicago - and many, many other colleges - this concern would not necessarilly put the applicant’s application in the reject pile if strengths in other areas trumped a poor score or a bad grade.