“Test optional.” That’s James-Taylor-live-at-Fenway-awesomeness. This article on why many colleges, including George Washington University as of this past July, are now going test-optional. Talk about great news (even if it’s for reasons that just push them higher in rankings–I don’t care, the fucking SAT’s aren’t going to be so burdensome anymore).
I believe you’re a “tester” or you aren’t, and that while those fill-in-the-blank sheets may prove your stellar capability in being able to think in a particular way, they miss a bunch of your intelligence, which can prevent your from attending a college that may be the perfect setting for your future academic life. Those tests are a big old Stop sign to living out your four years at the college of your dreams. See, I don’t believe they really predict how you’ll do at that college, I believe much more in the work ethic, the nose-to-the-grindstone motivation you’ve shown predicts much more what kind of academic success you’ll meet with. Fuck those fucking tests.
So, whether it’s really a self-serving reason that colleges and universities are 86ing test scores, I care little. They are going the way of the KKK, and that is some “KEG PARTY!” kind of news.
*the gratitude-a-thon 
Wake Forest! Basically, at an admissions event they said, “If you open your scores and are jumping for joy, send them to us. If not, don’t.”
Love that. so good.