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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1600 in one sitting or super scored? ([/b]I think there's a difference.[b] I don't know if colleges do.)

My niece with a superscored 1600 was rejected from HYP, got into Cornell, and is going to a BS/MD program somewhere ... I forget which school but it is not Rice or Brown.[/quote]

Why do you think there is a difference?  Presumably the math and verbal sections are equally difficult across different sittings.  This is just yet another thing that creates artificial distinctions between students who aren’t really different.  [/quote]
Not every college considers a super-score.[/quote]

Right, they do it as a way to create artificial distinctions, like I said.  Is a kid who scored 1560 on test 1 (780/780) and then a 1600 on test 2 different from a kid who scored 780/800 and 800/780?  No they aren’t.  Way too much is placed on the SAT/ACT.  All they test is whether you are good at that test or not, and to a certain degree, how affluent you are.[/quote]

Definately measures how affluent you are.  Much easier to raise your score with private/1-1 tutoring.  I know, it works.  My own kid (3.99 UW Gpa, 10 AP courses) went from a 1300 to a 1500 with just 4 hours of tutoring and 2-3 hours of their own outside "studying".  And the remaining 5 hours of tutoring my kid did plus 3 more practice tests were all around 1500 +/- 20 points.  These tutors help your kid hone in on specifically what they are missing and help with the basic tricks of how to navigate the test.

I have no doubt that if my kid wanted to do more intensive tutoring (10-20 hours), they could have gotten to a 1550.  They were hovering around a perfect Math but never got it.  And verbal could easily improve with more work.  We chose not to do it, as mentally it's just not worth taking the extra time for another 40-50 points.  I felt my kid had gotten to their sweet spot.  But if I wanted to spend another $2K and 20+ hours of my kid's time, they could have scored higher.  However, majority of people cannot afford to do that---most just use online free tutoring, which is not as helpful as one-one tutoring typically.

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