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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The renormalizing in 1995 was huge and a mistake as there is now way too much compression.  I got a 1560 in 1989 and that was considered outstanding.  My kid just got the same and it is a solid “ehh….I guess report it.”  [/quote]

Agreed. There was a time when a 1400 or 1500+ meant something and really separated you from the back (and no I didn't get those scores and I took it in 1998). Now it's just another data point and the only way you stand out is if you're NOT in that tightly compressed range. Which means now schools look to all kinds of other things that are harder to come by - national level ECs etc. - bc it's hard to stand out at those levels by yourself, if you don't have parents shuttling you all over for tournaments and competitions and dropping $$ of camps. There was a time when a 1560+ and ECs at your local school - with no involvement from mommy and daddy - were perfectly sufficient to get you a really high level school.

But it's like everything else - when everyone gets a trophy, how much is that trophy really worth?[/quote]

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