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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1. Why is that Dean Coffin so profoundly unlikable?

2. Our NYC private is now advising submit if it's over 25% cut off

3. I'd submit a 1500 to any school in America.  [/quote]

Chicago private. CC also advising to submit if over 25%[/quote]
NP. Makes sense to me. Felt like I was saying this all last year when the professionals were saying 50%. Essentially, if the score shows the kid is in the ballpark of the enrolled class [i]before[/i] test optional (CDS 2020-21), it helps them show they can handle the academics.

[b]Does anyone suppose that high test score kids (1500+) might do better in admissions this year than the crapshoot results of the last three years?[/b] Asking for a friend...[/quote]

I don't know about better, but I do feel like the days of unhooked kids in middle class or wealthier zip codes going TO is over. Submit it or forget it.[/quote]

There are so many kids who score 1500+ (or the ACT equivalent) that there just aren't enough spaces for them at the top schools.

Someone on here once posted that according to the Common App 2022 report, 76,000+ applicants applied to universities/colleges with an SAT score >1500 or ACT equivalent.  There are an additional 98,000 in the 1400-1490 range. That's a lot of smart kids to place. [/quote]

Your > 1500 data is inaccurate. The number is substantially lower that 76K individuals.[/quote]

Hmm..It is the top 5 percent out of about 2 million individuals...so about right, I think[/quote]

https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/understanding-sat-scores.pdf

Where did you get 95th %ile ... ??? Review the data at the link above, and let me know if that changes your opinion.[/quote]

The number of individuals in a given year scoring 1500 or higher on the SAT, or 34 or higher on the ACT, is probably close to 32,000 in total. I know there's a desperate narrative floating around that there are more qualified applicants for T20 schools than seats available, but that's simply untrue.[/quote]

Yes but your analysis doesn’t account for super scoring where kids might not ever get over 1500 on a single test, but might when you only consider their best verbal and math score over several tests.  Frankly, I think colleges should bring back the required testing but stop superscoring.[/quote]

100% agree re: ending the super scoring practice - and I also think second, third, fourth, etc. administrations should also not be accepted by colleges and universities. One and done. That should also count for the PSAT. If you take the PSAT9 or PSAT10, you shouldn't be eligible to qualify for NMSQT recognition.

However, the individual making the case for the higher number referenced a %ile. There's no way a %ile could lead you to a number in this case since the practice of super scoring isn't universally utilized by all colleges and universities.[/quote]

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