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An In-depth Look at Standardized Testing Policies for Ivy League 2023

Ivy College Essay

In recent times, standardized testing policies for Ivy League universities have undergone significant changes, especially in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and growing concerns about equity in college admissions. If you excel in standardized testing, you have the option to showcase your strength through these scores.

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Which Is More Important — Grades or Extracurricular Activities?

Great College Advice

One of the most-oft questions I get from families is some version of this: “Which is more important — grades or extracurricular activities? Grades are more important than your extracurricular activities. You have a GPA that is a mathematical representation of your performance through high school. Hands down.

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What Is a Good GPA?

College Essay Guy

What’s a good GPA in high school? While there are specific and necessary “ingredients” that make a pizza a pizza (cheese—this is non-negotiable, by the way), a book a book (words or pictures on a page—this one might actually be negotiable), or a GPA a GPA (grades), there is also a lot that is subjective about each of these.

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So, You Want to Go to Law School?

Top Tier Admissions

High school and college students who know (or suspect) that law school is in their future don’t have courses to “waste” with pass/fail grades (which I call “GPA killers”) or grades that are Bs that could have been As. Career Planning and Academic Advising Clear, informed career planning and academic / extracurricular advising.

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Weighted vs. Unweighted GPA: What to Report?

StandOut College Prep

The most critical factor in your college application is your grade point average or GPA. Your GPA can influence academic awards, college acceptance, scholarships, and financial aid. With more test-optional schools, colleges use your GPA to predict your chances for academic success. Table of Contents What is a GPA?

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Test Optional: Should You Take the SAT or ACT?

ACM College Consulting

Some universities also have generous merit scholarships when students have a combination of a certain GPA and test scores such as the University of Mississippi and Texas Tech. For some students, standardized tests like the SAT provide an opportunity to showcase their abilities and distinguish themselves from other applicants.

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High School Grade Inflation is Real

Excelsior Admissions Consulting

of college freshman reported having a high school GPA of A or A+. If we include A- GPAs in 2022, the percentage increases to 68.6%. Grade inflation is another reason why standardized test scores can be useful to admissions officers as these scores peg students to a national average.