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Message: [QUOTE="dollarbill44, post: 3478228, member: 686"] I don't have a problem with a one time exemption for this reason. I am concerned about doing away with the test requirement in general. I remember back when there was a minimum score requirement only (before they implemented the sliding scale). I think it was 800 on SAT. There was rampant cheating by high schools to get players into college by passing them through. Heck, Dexter Manley made it through college without knowing how to read. The sliding scale was put in as a check, iirc, to make sure this didn't happen, while at the same time allowing a lower score for kids that didn't test well but put in the class work. I fear that removing this requirement will bring back the old system. I'm not sure why colleges are going to forego testing for all students either. There were always schools that emphasized grades over testing and vice versa. Admissions people that I talked to always said that test results were a tool they used as part of the overall picture of a student. Maybe the common app has inundated admissions offices with applications so they rely more on computer screening and this is messing with their admissions vetting. Perhaps it's time to eliminate these and revert back to the old systems. Warning: old man mode- in my day(late 80s) only the top high school students dreamt of submitting double digit numbers of applications because it was an onerous process. Most of us completed between 3 and 6 apps, at least initially. Nowadays, with the common app, average kids are submitting 8 to 10, at least at my kids high school. I know many schools also require additional essays, but those are rehashed and slightly modified to meet specific criteria. People are going to find ways to cheat, no matter the system. Eliminating checks and balances rather than tweaking them seems like it opens up more avenues than it closes. [/QUOTE]

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