Comments on: George Mason Drops SAT for High GPA Applicants

By: Avonna

Avonna — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 03:14:16 +0000

What is GMU's attitude toward IB students?

By: vnjagvet

vnjagvet — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 04:01:16 +0000

Students who do well in school should be rewarded. This is as good a way to do it as any. Those who are smart but don't apply themselves can compete by way of SAT and ACT with other thus-far non-achievers.

I don't see much downside to this policy for GMU.

By: Triumph

Triumph — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 21:35:05 +0000

While this would seem to advantage students who are in weak high schools

The only thing this advantages is the weak university: George Mason.

That place is a third tier institution--maybe a step up from Towson St., but nothing when compared to Georgetown, George Washington, and Johns Hopkins. Hell, even Uof MD is better than that place!

They need all of the students they can get!

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 17:11:17 +0000

Acknowledging the problems with any testing system (and high school grades is just another testing system), this doesn't make sense to me. There is a huge difference between schools. If they linked this to the quality of the school (e.g. exceptional rating), then it could make sense. Good school, good grades, likely will be a good student even if they don't do well on standardized tests.