I came from poverty and was able to go to a top CS school because of standardized testing . I didn’t score as well as my peers , but the admissions committee lo

I came from poverty and was able to go to a top CS school because of standardized testing . I didn’t score as well as my peers , but the admissions committee looked at district and county percentiles . I checked test prep books out of the library . I took the SAT test with low income fee waivers. I was saddened at the news regarding removing testing because my parents couldn’t afford extra curriculars and the tests were the only way I was able to level the playing field.