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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What CMU actually says:

We believe that college admission testing in the 9th and 10th grades adds to the anxiety of a process that students won’t encounter for several years. As a result, we encourage students to submit 11th or 12th grade SAT or ACT scores ([b]tests taken the summer after 10th grade are appropriate[/b]). While earlier tests may measure knowledge at the time they are taken, that level of knowledge gradually evolves and doesn’t fully represent the knowledge students bring to college first-year courses. Should students present tests taken two or more years in advance of their first-year experience, we'd take the timing of the test results into consideration. The greater the amount of time prior to students' first year of college, the less we can rely on the test results as a fair representation of their knowledge entering Carnegie Mellon.

https://www.cmu.edu/admission/admission/standardized-testing[/quote]

so what PP already said—CMU accepts summer of 10th grade. The rationale for later is understood, but some kids focus on advanced math classes and math competitions for 11th and 12th and still get into Ivy+ with earlier SAT scores. [/quote]
“Summer of 10th grade” is unclear — does that mean the summer before or after? Most HS, for example, put summer classes on the transcript for the following grade. As of June, a student is no longer in 10th, they are riding 11th. My current junior took a summer class for credit last summer (between 10th and 11th) and that credit goes towards junior year, for example.

So yes, summer after 10th is fine. Summer before 10th — which many might consider the “summer of 10th” — not fine. [/quote]

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