Superscore vs. “One and Done”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It absolutely matters for the most selective schools. There is so little distinction between an abundance of perfect candidates that anything distinctive matters.

AOs know it is much harder to score a 1560 in a single sitting versus as a superscore.

Beyond the top tier of schools, any high score is exceptional regardless of the manner it is achieved.

You are stating fiction with such confidence.

The AO sees your total score and the two components. They aren’t spending anytime to know if you scored a 1560 in one sitting or 10 sittings if they take super scores.

Literally, if you were bold enough to prank a college you could score an 800 on one section and then leave the other blank, then do the reverse on your second take.

AO would see you scored a 1600.

You are coping.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It absolutely matters for the most selective schools. There is so little distinction between an abundance of perfect candidates that anything distinctive matters.

AOs know it is much harder to score a 1560 in a single sitting versus as a superscore.

Beyond the top tier of schools, any high score is exceptional regardless of the manner it is achieved.

You are stating fiction with such confidence.

The AO sees your total score and the two components. They aren’t spending anytime to know if you scored a 1560 in one sitting or 10 sittings if they take super scores.

Literally, if you were bold enough to prank a college you could score an 800 on one section and then leave the other blank, then do the reverse on your second take.

AO would see you scored a 1600.

You are coping.

So…you have been proven wrong about 10x over…and that’s your response?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They don't care. Not one iota. They want to know that you can do reasonably well and then they evaluate applicants on other things. they are crafting a class, not a cohort of testing-taking robots.

I also have 2 Ivy league kids who both got on unhooked.

Visiting the one right now and this kid was saying at dinner last how many kids they meet with ACT scores of 33, 34, etc. I don't recall how this came up but the kid was saying "the obsession with scores is such a DC thing."

💯
My kid is at an Ivy with a 33.

Of course they are. The Ivies only admit kids scoring 33 or below. The test scores they advertise? Made up lies.

No the score didn’t make my kids application.
Their passion did.

It’s like… your toothpick is tiny but your wife is happy. Then you came here announcing to the whole world that size doesn’t matter.

All you can say is, it works in your wife’s case.

[Anonymous]

you list two scores and two dates.

nobody knows if you took 10 times.

they will know if those two scores are from same sitting and, yes, a 1600 in one sitting is notable. literally, will be noted in file.

but otherwise, nobody cares. at our private HS, some parents will say, isnt' the 780/780 in one sitting more impressive than the super score 780/800 superscore. and high school says, yes, but not to colleges. send the super score.

(my own kids got into HYPSM with superstores 1530s and 1550s. and that's not relevant at all but other people are boasting so I will too)

[Anonymous]

Just my two cents but I do think stats will be more important this year.

[Anonymous]

You are all way overthinking. AOs spend about 5 minutes per application. They see the score and move on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope. Score and test date are viewable by reader.

Still doesn’t matter, although I agree a one shot 1600 is notable

My kid has a one shot 1600. Is there a way for them to differentiate this and make it clear that it's not a superscore? It's the 2nd test. If they only send the second test will that make it clear?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope. Score and test date are viewable by reader.

Still doesn’t matter, although I agree a one shot 1600 is notable

My kid has a one shot 1600. Is there a way for them to differentiate this and make it clear that it's not a superscore? It's the 2nd test. If they only send the second test will that make it clear?

It will be clear.

For schools that take self-reported scores, you put the date for each section in the app. For your kid, each section will have the same test date. For schools that require an official score report, you use Score Choice and select on ly the one test. You would never send the other test unless the college requires all scores (Georgetown).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope. Score and test date are viewable by reader.

Still doesn’t matter, although I agree a one shot 1600 is notable

My kid has a one shot 1600. Is there a way for them to differentiate this and make it clear that it's not a superscore? It's the 2nd test. If they only send the second test will that make it clear?

It will be clear.

For schools that take self-reported scores, you put the date for each section in the app. For your kid, each section will have the same test date. For schools that require an official score report, you use Score Choice and select on ly the one test. You would never send the other test unless the college requires all scores (Georgetown).

Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Schools should give far greater weight to a "one and done" applicant vs. a superscore one.
The applicant spending additional funds and time for multiple test sittings tells you something about that person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Schools should give far greater weight to a "one and done" applicant vs. a superscore one.
The applicant spending additional funds and time for multiple test sittings tells you something about that person.

What does it tell you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It absolutely matters for the most selective schools. There is so little distinction between an abundance of perfect candidates that anything distinctive matters.

AOs know it is much harder to score a 1560 in a single sitting versus as a superscore.

Beyond the top tier of schools, any high score is exceptional regardless of the manner it is achieved.

They aren’t using this as a distinction. My son was accepted REA, unhooked to a HYP with a 1540 superscore. I’m sure he got in over thousands of kids with 1600s in one sitting.

It’s just not a distinction the AOs are making.

He will have a chance to look at his admissions file this spring and I’ll be happy to share what’s mentioned. I guarantee the SAT won’t be a focal point.

There aren't thousands of 1600s.
More full scores nowadays, but still very few.

You get my point. There are kids with 1550+ in one sitting who were rejected while my unhooked kid was admitted. The one sitting just doesn’t matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Schools should give far greater weight to a "one and done" applicant vs. a superscore one.
The applicant spending additional funds and time for multiple test sittings tells you something about that person.

You are making this up. It's simply not true.

Colleges that superscore will see the superscore in Slate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Schools should give far greater weight to a "one and done" applicant vs. a superscore one.
The applicant spending additional funds and time for multiple test sittings tells you something about that person.

What does it tell you?

Time & money.

[Anonymous]

THEY DO NOT CARE, DC is one and done 1580, NMF, all 5 on AP, did not get in top 20