Do colleges care at all if a ACT/SAT is one sitting or superscored?

[Anonymous]

Especially at the 35/36 or 1520+ level?

Does superscore over two settings vs one sitting matter?

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

I’m sure on a tiny level, it is noted those who do it in one setting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m sure on a tiny level, it is noted those who do it in one setting.

Is it? I hope so. Superscoring is just more evidence of the dumbing down of expectations.

[Anonymous]

Like most things I doubt it's a black/white answer. Some schools don't accept superscores, some only want best and highest, some want to see the scores of all tests, some are test blind, etc. I suspect it's best to assume their priority lies in what they ask for.

For DCUM parents on the other hand "one sitting" seems to be an important data point.

[Anonymous]

We were at a Georgetown information session not too long ago. Georgetown requires all scores be submitted. The admissions rep running the session said that while they expect to see more than one, "a whole page of scores" is not what they expect to see.

I interpreted that to mean that for Georgetown, diminishing returns is real

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Like most things I doubt it's a black/white answer. Some schools don't accept superscores, some only want best and highest, some want to see the scores of all tests, some are test blind, etc. I suspect it's best to assume their priority lies in what they ask for.

For DCUM parents on the other hand "one sitting" seems to be an important data point.

Because we paid so much $$$$ for those private tutoring sessions that we expect results — at one sitting!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m sure on a tiny level, it is noted those who do it in one setting.

Yes, on a tiny level, it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We were at a Georgetown information session not too long ago. Georgetown requires all scores be submitted. The admissions rep running the session said that while they expect to see more than one, "a whole page of scores" is not what they expect to see.

I interpreted that to mean that for Georgetown, diminishing returns is real

I wish all schools required submission of all scores. Starting at ACT27 and getting 35 eventually is very different than the 35 on one try.
Especially with certain private schools having 40% of kids get extra time

[Anonymous]

Generally no. Nor should they. The tests are designed to be of comparable difficulty, otherwise they wouldn’t be standardized. If colleges can’t generally trust that the June test is within a narrow range of difficulty as the March or August or October, then standardized tests are pretty useless. They also recognize it is a single 2 hour test on a Saturday morning, and that some days kids don’t have their best days. So take the “one and done”/“single sitting” self-congratulations for what it is, just trying to create a distinction that isn’t a real difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We were at a Georgetown information session not too long ago. Georgetown requires all scores be submitted. The admissions rep running the session said that while they expect to see more than one, "a whole page of scores" is not what they expect to see.

I interpreted that to mean that for Georgetown, diminishing returns is real

I wish all schools required submission of all scores. Starting at ACT27 and getting 35 eventually is very different than the 35 on one try.
Especially with certain private schools having 40% of kids get extra time

Your kid can brag about their 35 in one sitting! in the essay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We were at a Georgetown information session not too long ago. Georgetown requires all scores be submitted. The admissions rep running the session said that while they expect to see more than one, "a whole page of scores" is not what they expect to see.

I interpreted that to mean that for Georgetown, diminishing returns is real

I wish all schools required submission of all scores. Starting at ACT27 and getting 35 eventually is very different than the 35 on one try.
Especially with certain private schools having 40% of kids get extra time

You're mixing up two different issues.
1) Well-off kids are in substantial test prep that's going to help them anyway. Yes, your kid may improve each time they take the real test, but that's not the major thing driving inequity.
2) Extra time on test given due to learning disabilities isn't indicated to colleges. Not sure how you know 40% of kids get extra time at certain schools, unless you're employed there in some capacity supporting special needs, in which case you shouldn't be gossiping on DCUM about confidential matters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We were at a Georgetown information session not too long ago. Georgetown requires all scores be submitted. The admissions rep running the session said that while they expect to see more than one, "a whole page of scores" is not what they expect to see.

I interpreted that to mean that for Georgetown, diminishing returns is real

I wish all schools required submission of all scores. Starting at ACT27 and getting 35 eventually is very different than the 35 on one try.
Especially with certain private schools having 40% of kids get extra time

You're mixing up two different issues.
1) Well-off kids are in substantial test prep that's going to help them anyway. Yes, your kid may improve each time they take the real test, but that's not the major thing driving inequity.
2) Extra time on test given due to learning disabilities isn't indicated to colleges. Not sure how you know 40% of kids get extra time at certain schools, unless you're employed there in some capacity supporting special needs, in which case you shouldn't be gossiping on DCUM about confidential matters.

I thought colleges knew about extra time on sat or act?

[Anonymous]

I predict all the rules and norms around testing will change at lightning pace over the next 2-3 cycles. Will be a crap shoot if what you do is the thing your colleges want.

[Anonymous]

OP here.
Sitting 1: 32, due to low English section.
---->Learned comma rules, etc.
Sitting 2: 34,

Superscore: 35

Worth taking again to get a single sitting 35?

Do schools care?

[Anonymous]

No