Is Test Optional a Good Idea? (INSIDE INFORMATION!) What happens when you apply test optional
Channel: SCORE: Your College Counselor
Date: 11/08/2022

What happens when you apply test optional? After researching and talking with admissions officers and listening in on a special talk at the IACAC conference, now I know what test optional really means. And today we're going to explain it point by point. 

If you apply test optional, universities say you won't be negatively affected. However, it's not quite that simple. Some universities still consider SAT or ACT scores as very important in your application. Others are completely test blind universities and won't look at your scores at all! Should you go test optional? Let's find out. 

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00:00 Test Optional, Really?
00:40 Testing Policies
01:41 RIGOR
02:48 Using the CDS
03:42 Competition
04:24 Should you apply test optional?