27 Feb 2025
is he fr??? A 3.98 UNWEIGHTED IN A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE TESTBLIND UC FOR A CS DEGREE😭😭😭😭??? he didn’t even TRY
Asian student Stanley Zhong has sued the University of California for racial discrimination after being rejected despite having a 1590 SAT score and a 3.98 GPA.
Follow: @AFpost
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19 Sep 2022
Make sure your senior checks the website of each college where they’re applying to find out whether the school requires the #SAT or #ACT, is #testoptional or #testblind.
#collegeadmissions #collegeentranceexams #applyingtocollege #parentingteens
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10 May 2022
“We (@WPI) had verifiable proof that test scores provided no real value as a predictor of student success.”
The @Chronicle reached out to WPI for an example of a university making a data-driven decision on #SAT/#ACT policy.
Proud to be #testblind.
chronicle.com/article/this-u…
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11 Apr 2022
#InsideAdmission Podcast Season 1 Finale is out!
Guest host, @aray7254, interviews me for the "Inside the Admission Committee" series & we talk #SAT, #ACT, #testoptional, & #testblind.
Name drops incl: @UnionCollege, @WPI, @MichaelBastedo, @danlundquist
youtu.be/eI22aLWh4hM
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29 Mar 2022
A pointed reminder that most #collegeadmissions protocols & requirements are unique to their respective institutions. More colleges will decide to go #testblind and #testoptional. More colleges will also decide to require tests. It is essential to do your homework.
29 Mar 2022
On the heels of the CSUs going test blind, there is this. #testprep #collegeadmissions lnkd.in/geQCzyzM
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29 Mar 2022
“We believe it is more equitable & transparent than a #testoptional policy.”
Q: But is it more equitable & transparent than a #testblind policy like @WPI, @Caltech, UC system, CSU system?
A: It’s not.
[Aside: This group represents more than 10% of all U.S. college students]
28 Mar 2022
MIT taking a different path than other selectives and going back to testing in next cycle. mitadmissions.org/blogs/entr…
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28 Mar 2022
I'm proud to work at a university that was brave enough to progress beyond consideration of the #SAT/#ACT.
I still believe the vast majority of universities will choose more equitable #testoptional & #testblind admission policies.
We'll be waiting to help the late adopters.
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24 Mar 2022
#Standardizedtests used to be the norm regardless of which #college you wanted to apply to, but there are a number of #schools that are currently #testoptional or #testblind. What are some of the reasons for this? ow.ly/KNse50InOZn
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21 Mar 2022
When @WPI was #testoptional - 2007-2021 - we were as close to #testblind as could be b/c we knew scores have inequitable, long-standing, problematic correlations w/ family income, race & ethnicity, & gender.
I know other colleges operating similarly. Many will soon go #testblind
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21 Mar 2022
Agree & disagree here.
With 100s of colleges adopting emergency #testoptional
policies post-Covid, the operationalization of the policy has a broader range than ever.
How schools use scores speaks more to institutional values than anything else.
Proudly #testblind at @WPI!
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12 Mar 2022
Some people do not believe colleges when they say tests are “optional”. Because for decades colleges have made high test scores critical to admission & merit aid. If they truly didn’t care about scores, they’d go #testblind or release admissions data to prove it.
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12 Mar 2022
If only there were an easy way to eliminate standardized test anxiety for students. #testblind
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24 Feb 2022
No surprise those who have been unfairly privileged by inequities in these flawed tests will seek to maintain that privilege even when most schools are now optional.
This is why #testoptional is progress, but not enough. #testblind is the way to eliminate inequities of SAT/ACT.
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26 Jan 2022
“We’re concerned about the unfair influence that these tests have, knowing the problematic correlations w/ family income, race/ethnicity, & gender. We don’t want to reinforce that in any way.”
I spoke w/ @NBC10Boston re: why @WPI is #testblind.
#SAT #ACT
nbcboston.com/on-air/as-seen…
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25 Jan 2022
#Testblind & #testoptional schools: “The #SAT has long-standing problematic correlations with family income, race/ethnicity, & gender”.
@CollegeBoard: “We’re moving the test from paper to computers!”
The College Board didn’t understand the assignment…
nytimes.com/2022/01/25/us/sa…
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24 Jan 2022
The front lines of the testing battle have shifted. The @CollegeBoard & @ACT have acknowledged #testoptional is the “new normal”.
Both fear the logical evolution of equitable practices: #testblind
Will test optional become the new normal in admissions? insidehighered.com/admission…
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20 Dec 2021
I imagine this isn’t a space it often finds itself in, but it has helped push higher ed forward by this action rather than use its influence to slow progress. That shouldn’t be understated.
I’m very grateful & would love to see Harvard be among the first 100-200 to be #testblind
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20 Dec 2021
Proof that it’s never too late to join the pack. Way to go, Harvard! Congrats on extending this practice and - hopefully - moving toward a permanent #testoptional or #testblind policy.
We should celebrate progress when we see it even if it’s not as quick or complete as desired.
Harvard announced that it will extend its test-optional policy through 2026. "Staying test-optional sends a really strong statement, a strong message about the lack of value that they see in the tests.” says @NACAC CEO @AngelBPerez #collegeadmission chronicle.com/article/extens…
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