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SAT-optional Will Trend Take Off or Sputter?

by JUSTIN POPE, AP Education Writer , April 20, 2009

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It happens “when you lack other information about a student that's reliable, where the teachers tend to write very short and unhelpful recommendations, where the course curriculum is suspect,” Brenzel said.

“The test is one of the few things where you might be able to identify a diamond in the rough,” he said. “And we take kids like that every year.”

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