SAT scores, better to disclose or hide

[Anonymous]

Hi all!

My DD is applying to Case Western and has the option of hiding her SAT score 1540 or letting them see it. She has a 4.0 unweighted GPA and has a few extracurriculars/no sports though.
What should we do? Thanks for your help!

[Anonymous]

My DD had an ACT of 29 and submitted it to CWRU and was accepted. I would say 1540 makes the cut.

[Anonymous]

Such poor SAT scores!!! Hide.

[Anonymous]

Excuse me while I barf.

Of course you should submit the score.

[Anonymous]

This has got to be a troll.

[Anonymous]

You don't hide 1540 for any school

[Anonymous]

Schools say that it doesn't hurt not to submit scores but the numbers don't support that. Notre Dame released its statistics for restricted early action yesterday, for example: 50 percent of the applications didn't submit test scores, but 70 percent of the ones who were accepted did.

[Anonymous]

"Schools say that it doesn't hurt not to submit scores but the numbers don't support that. Notre Dame released its statistics for restricted early action yesterday, for example: 50 percent of the applications didn't submit test scores, but 70 percent of the ones who were accepted did."

All you can infer from this is that the people with really strong scores submitted them. We already know that people with really strong scores are more likely to get admitted, so this isn't surprising at all.

[Anonymous]

The schools know: if it's good you'll show it, if it's medicore-to-awful you will hide it.

[Anonymous]

But what sucks is that the median SAT score has gone through the roof for most schools because only the strong scores submit. Makes you think if you have anything less than a 1500 you suck as an applicant. Hate test optional and I think schools who do it are going to get some bad students that will make them reconsider…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Schools say that it doesn't hurt not to submit scores but the numbers don't support that. Notre Dame released its statistics for restricted early action yesterday, for example: 50 percent of the applications didn't submit test scores, but 70 percent of the ones who were accepted did."

All you can infer from this is that the people with really strong scores submitted them. We already know that people with really strong scores are more likely to get admitted, so this isn't surprising at all.

Its test optional so in theory,
really strong scores = no score

[Anonymous]

Troll…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Schools say that it doesn't hurt not to submit scores but the numbers don't support that. Notre Dame released its statistics for restricted early action yesterday, for example: 50 percent of the applications didn't submit test scores, but 70 percent of the ones who were accepted did.

Most of the 30% = athletes, legacies, URM, first gen, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Schools say that it doesn't hurt not to submit scores but the numbers don't support that. Notre Dame released its statistics for restricted early action yesterday, for example: 50 percent of the applications didn't submit test scores, but 70 percent of the ones who were accepted did.

Most of the 30% = athletes, legacies, URM, first gen, etc.

Agreed. Asian-Americans need to send in scores and they better be very good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Schools say that it doesn't hurt not to submit scores but the numbers don't support that. Notre Dame released its statistics for restricted early action yesterday, for example: 50 percent of the applications didn't submit test scores, but 70 percent of the ones who were accepted did."

All you can infer from this is that the people with really strong scores submitted them. We already know that people with really strong scores are more likely to get admitted, so this isn't surprising at all.

And if your inference is correct, that means that test scores matter when colleges say they don't. So what's your point?