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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]HS students should get one bite at the apple. ACT, SAT, their choice. But one at bat. That’s it. This super scoring horseshit is the one of the most bizarre developments since I was applying to college hundreds of years ago.[/quote]

Super scores have been around for a while.  I know they were doing it when I applied to college in 1992[/quote]

Might suggest 2 tries since there will be some with legitimate extenuating circumstances - but just don't allow super-scoring at all.

On another note, I just don't get the rationale at all for TO - schools should be encouraged to accept students with a reasonable range and not just all 35/36. Knowing where students might need more support would be very helpful, even with the essay and freshman writing seminar placement.[/quote]

Right. TO isn't because test scores are bad. TO is because the culture around admissions is insane, perpetuated by AOs.[/quote]

But kids apply TO because their scores are bad.   Either they took the test an got a bad score, or didn't even bother to take the test because they already knew they would score bad.
This isn't 2020--there's no excuse for not taking the SAT or ACT.
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Kids apply TO not because their scores are bad, but because they *think* their scores are bad. TO has inflated statistics to the point where students are actually considering whether to retest with a 1500 on the SAT. Admissions used to consider test scores and class rank as a measure of how students perform in their specific environment. I do think this information is valuable in evaluating students along with other factors.  [/quote]

If you have been told that a 1500 isn't quite good enough then you have been lied to![/quote]

We’ve all been told this. Try again etc. easy to raise with a little prep….blah blah. [/quote]

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