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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not that 1500 is a problem. The question really is what other amazing qualities do you have to show for? Most people with lower scores don’t.[/quote]

This.

It’s actually not difficult to “score” an application to see if it will get to committee or not.

What are the ECs?
Awards?
UwGPA?
Major 
Public or private HS?[/quote]

DP agree with this and what someone said earlier that it’s correlation not causation. Kids who easily score a higher SAT after just 1-2 tries without intense prep also tend to excel more effortlessly in music, ECs, school leadership. They get better teachers’ recs. Those things add up to a better overall package to present to committee.

It’s true no one brings an app to committee and say this kid got 1550+ so we should admit them, but if you pool together all the apps that scored 1550+, as a group their overall package would be much more compelling than a group you put together that scored 1450.  There are individual outliers of course, but as a group, the 1550 kid will just be stronger overall. If that wasn’t true, they wouldn’t all be returning to test required when test optional increased their application fee revenues and lowered their accept rate. They know it’s not sustainable because they can see patterns of lower performance and faculty complaints tied to test optional. This also tells parents their lower score kids will have a higher chance of underperforming at a top college if most peers scored higher. Put prestige aside and don’t do this to your kid. [/quote]

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