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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no advantage for a one sitting 35 vs a 3 test 35.  Just none.  Once you are in the right range for that school they no longer look at test results.  No school goes back and says well this person had a 36 and the other had a 35 so we will take the kid with the 36.  The 35 and the 36  qualified them and the decision is on other things.  No one looks at that 36 again.[/quote]

That is straight-up bullshit. Continue to live in your fantasyland where nobody cares how much test scores are frankensteined to get to the finish line, but no self-respecting AO from a Top 50 school is indifferent to the 36 vs. 35 comparison. They’re just not.

It matters. One-and-done 36 is better than one-and-done 35, and both are better than a super scored 36.[/quote]

Actually, a 35 is equally impressive as a 36. The application includes a lot more than test scores. A 35 and a 36 are both excellent scores and will get that second look. It's the other parts of the application that matter after that.  FWIW, my kid was a one and done 36. His score was actually a 35.5. If he was a 35.25, he would have had a 35 score. That could be a matter of a couple wrong answers in a section.
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It’s not equally as impressive. There are far more 35s than 36s. The scores are differentiated for a reason.[/quote]

They are both very impressive and do the job of getting the application a second look. Very rarely is anyone deciding between two applicants based on a 36 vs. a 35. So in that sense, they are equally impressive. It's like saying a 1570 is way better than a 1560. A 1560 converts to a 35 and a 1570 converts to a 36.[/quote]

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