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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You're wise to question the process by which admissions offices superscore and update individual application files. Most of us who've worked in professional offices our entire lives know that such processes are imperfect, that if a file is "complete"--that is, it includes all of the required components even though one component is self-reported--it will likely NOT be updated by the reader. Too much work, too many applications to read, why bother making the update? You've already formed a solid impression of the applicant's academic merit based on the highest composite and individual section scores. No need to recheck the simple math (i.e., average of four two-digit scores) you've already calculated in your head.

[b]The point is this--if your superscore is higher than any single composite score you've earned, DO NOT self-report through the common app. [/b]Instead, have the official superscore report sent to the school to ensure that the higher superscore composite is the first (and likely, the only) score seen by the application reader(a). [/quote]

Won’t the initial reviewer think they didn’t submit scores if it’s not on the common app in quick initial review? [/quote]

Yeah, 5:16 thinks it’s still 1984, when the page you typed up and submitted on your Selectric was the exact same page that the AO read. It’s not. Colleges program the common app at their end to suppress certain fields, recalculate GPAs and test scores, etc. The report the AO reads does not look exactly the same as what you submit.[/quote]

Just FYI, some universities have application reviewers recalculating GPAs manually. [/quote]

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