Caltech “Bucket System” for SAT / ACT
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Anonymous
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https://www.admissions.caltech.edu/apply/first-year-applicants/standardized-tests/standardized-testing-buckets
Interesting approach. Less stress for kids? |
Anonymous
They really think 780+ (or 1560+) belongs to a different tier. Interesting |
Anonymous
It does. As does 35/36 ACT. |
Anonymous
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Good for the 35 ACT kids (AO won’t know if they got 35 or 36)
Not as good for the 34 ACT kids (AO can won’t know if they got a 33) |
Anonymous
| Great idea |
Anonymous
| Who cares |
Anonymous
| This is a great system. More colleges should adopt this system |
Anonymous
| My 740 verbal kid will be 😔 |
Anonymous
Yikes. English a second language? |
Anonymous
I think a lot of schools do. But more schools should be this transparent about it. |
Anonymous
| This does not make sense to me. How does 770 equate to a 34? A 770 is the equivalent to a 35 or possibly even a 36. |
Anonymous
I imagine the people at CalTech have done the math on this one. |
Anonymous
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780 seems harder to achieve than 35.
That said, their transparency in how they consider test scores is appreciated. |
Anonymous
| Weird bc my 750 math kid was told thru a coach as part of their version of a preread that they would like a 770 in math. |
Anonymous
They’re probably converting everything to ACT scores for admissions purposes, then converting it back for this press release. ACT says a 770 math is equivalent to a 35. But then when they translate the other way, they call a 35 math a 780. https://www.act.org/content/act/en/products-and-services/the-act/scores/act-sat-concordance.html |