{"id":22,"date":"2008-11-18T06:43:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-18T10:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admissions.me.holycross.edu\/2008\/11\/18\/test-scores-to-submit-or-not-to-submit\/"},"modified":"2008-11-18T06:43:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-18T10:43:00","slug":"test-scores-to-submit-or-not-to-submit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/2008\/11\/18\/test-scores-to-submit-or-not-to-submit\/","title":{"rendered":"Test Scores: To Submit or Not to Submit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/holycrossadmissionsblog.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54ed0db8e88330105360cf3b5970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"at-xid-6a00e54ed0db8e88330105360cf3b5970b alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" src=\"http:\/\/me.holycross.edu\/blogimages\/6a00e54ed0db8e88330105360cf3b5970b-800wi\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Annmcdermott\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSome of the most common questions I get asked from students, parents and counselors are the following:\u00a0 \u201cAt what point should a student decide to not submit testing?\u201d\u00a0 Or \u201cWhen will submitting testing help my chances?\u201d In reality this decision is entirely up to you.\u00a0 If you feel your testing says something about you and your abilities, feel free to send them along. We will look at them in conjunction with your transcript, your recommendations, essay and interview (if you have had one) and make our assessment.\u00a0 If, on the other hand, you feel that your test scores do not represent you well, then do not hesitate to withhold them. We will not make any assumptions about your testing, and will focus our attention on your transcript and the other accompanying credentials that are contained in your application.<\/p>\n<p>Holy Cross has always placed far greater weight on the academic experience of a candidate as demonstrated through the high school transcript then on a single test or combination of tests.\u00a0 Our experience has shown that the rigor of a student\u2019s program and overall academic performance can best illustrate commitment, motivation, and willingness to take on challenges.\u00a0 Our process credits students who have achieved at a very high level in the classroom, with far less importance placed on testing.<\/p>\n<p>So, submit or not to submit?\u00a0 The choice is yours!<\/p>\n<p>Ann McDermott<br \/>\nDirector of Admissions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the most common questions I get asked from students, parents and counselors are the following:\u00a0 \u201cAt what point should a student decide to not submit testing?\u201d\u00a0 Or \u201cWhen will submitting testing help my chances?\u201d In reality this decision is entirely up to you.\u00a0 If you feel your testing says something about you and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/2008\/11\/18\/test-scores-to-submit-or-not-to-submit\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Test Scores: To Submit or Not to Submit&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":615,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[71,201],"class_list":["post-22","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ann-mcdermott","tag-college-search","tag-test-scores"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/615"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}