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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The optional score choice seems to make the entire process harder.  My DS was scoring crazy high on practice tests but just couldn't replicate it on the actual SAT.  And did about the same the last two go arounds so superscoring didn't work either.

He has a 1440.  A decent score but not as high as some of the averages for the schools he is interested in.  So, for example, if the range of a school is 1400-1540 (making 1470 the middle of the range), should he submit or not submit the scores? Within the range or just at or below the median?[/quote]
That's a wide range. I'd use the range for enrolled students from before test optional policies. It can be found in the 2020-21 Common Data Set, if the college publishes.[/quote]
Terrible advice. If your DS is a well off white kid, don't submit to any school where his score is below the current median. (Yes, current scores are inflated, but it doesn't matter--schools don't want them to go down.)[/quote]

I would say the reverse, the top schools aren’t using test optional on unhooked kids.  For the few top schools that have released data, kids who apply test blind are admitted at lower rates than those who submit scores.  Unless the particular schools your son is applying to provide instruction,  the truth is no one knows and we are guessing.  If it were my kid, I would submit those scores everywhere, because I would rather have them see kid is just off the median than have them assume the test score is a liability.[/quote]

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