Do colleges/admissions officers take into account age of student at time of SAT testing or general application?

[Anonymous]

Nobody cares.

I got a perfect on my ACT a month after turning 17

After elementary school a year older or younger makes no difference. I would argue being older actually makes you more likely to get a low score. Being 20 in high school is not the flex you think it is.

[Anonymous]

Some of the smartest kids at Yale when I attended had skipped a grade or two. They were young for their grade because they were exceptionally brilliant, driven, and intellectually productive and/or curious, and had skipped ahead either early in elementary or even during high school. Their brilliance was what got them into Yale and, when they were younger, had resulted in a grade skip. The grade skip on its own didn’t matter. Other classmates had been offered grade skips but their parents had declined them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of the smartest kids at Yale when I attended had skipped a grade or two. They were young for their grade because they were exceptionally brilliant, driven, and intellectually productive and/or curious, and had skipped ahead either early in elementary or even during high school. Their brilliance was what got them into Yale and, when they were younger, had resulted in a grade skip. The grade skip on its own didn’t matter. Other classmates had been offered grade skips but their parents had declined them.

can we all make a vow to stop talking about anything that happened before 2020? anything that happened in the 20th century should really be auto-deleted

[Anonymous]

Especially for boys:
It matters for athletics, regardless of whether athletics continues in college. (Captain of the team!)
It matters for all extracurriculars: the “leadership” edge from being, well, older; esteem of peers; social skills, self-confidence etc.
It does not matter for academics or test scores, really (though it does a little).
It matters a lot for college admissions because college admissions does not equal academics.

College admissions does not take it into account because the system is idiotic. A 19-year-old and a 17-year-old applicant from the same high school graduating class (and we know applicants from the same high school are compared) should have different extracurricular standards. More should be expected of the 19-year-old.

[Anonymous]

I was 17 when I started college and had undiagnosed ADHD. Did great at everything (GPA, SAT, extracurriculars) despite being younger and ND. The AOs didn't give me extra credit for doing as well as I did despite these disadvantages. I got in to H, S, Y, P, and and whole bunch of other top schools. Once there, I saw that lots of my classmates were on the young side. And lots were ND.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was 17 when I started college and had undiagnosed ADHD. Did great at everything (GPA, SAT, extracurriculars) despite being younger and ND. The AOs didn't give me extra credit for doing as well as I did despite these disadvantages. I got in to H, S, Y, P, and and whole bunch of other top schools. Once there, I saw that lots of my classmates were on the young side. And lots were ND.

tell us more about 1992

[Anonymous]

Only if age is less than 10 and score is greater than 1500.

[Anonymous]

There are a lot of kids who are good at math who can take SAT younger. My DC scored high at 15.

I don’t really think age matters because there is so much more that colleges consider, and kids can take the SAT multiple times. What does a college care if your kid learns algebra 2 and grammar in 10th, 11th or 12th grade? Or 15, 16, or 17 for that matter? I think the AOs only care that your kid can do the work if they are admitted regardless of age.