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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So it is based not on the student as an individual, but the area.    Therefore, if wealthy, highly-educated families moved into bad neighborhoods, they could increase the chances of their child getting into an elite college?[/quote]

Well, kind of. If families move to economically segregated neighborhoods, those neighborhoods will become less economically segregated and therefore the "boost" that a child might receive is lowered.

[b]Just a reminder that the actual SCORE will not change. There will just be additional context on the report. 
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So, if your well-prepared child who is able to prepare for the SATs with no distractions, and to arrive on test day with a good night's rest and a fully stomach, gets a 1590, that score will be reported just as such.

There will also be a "context score" that may or may not make a difference to admissions, depending on the university's own policies.
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THIS.  It doesn't change your kid's score.  It just means that the score report will also include this other information, which a college can consider or not, as they wish, just like they can already consider information about your child's SES.  All these rich people freaking out because their genius children are somehow being discriminated against are ridiculous.  [/quote]

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