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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]
DP. "Qualified" no longer includes test scores, so yes, there are many more "qualified" applicants than seats. (Under tests-required, I'm not sure.)[/quote]

Reference to "qualified" was made in a universe where an objective measurement of qualification is at the heart of the admissions calculus, not one where grade inflation ensures that almost everyone shows up with a GPA trophy. Also, strongly disagree that "qualified" in the T20 range no longer includes test scores. Excluding UCB and UCLA, who else is test blind?[/quote]

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