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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Submit 1500 everywhere.  It won’t be the reason your DC doesn’t get in if they don’t.  Even for schools that say they still want scores, it’s generally weighted about 10-12% of the total application.  At least according to my DC’s CCO. 
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I have never heard anyone indicate the test score is weighted that high.  Jeff Selingo who writes extensively about college admissions cannot even answer the question with any real certainty.[/quote]

Yale seemed to suggest it was used more to pass the initial threshold. So highly significant for that step but not very beyond that. [/quote]

At this point, admissions offices at places like Yale and Duke are very,  very aware that a high score reflects money invested in test prep and not brains.  [/quote]

+1000, couple the score with the HS, and you get an idea as to whether or not it’s really that impressive. [/quote]

This is one thing I know they check. 1540 at a school where the average is 1480 is not as good as 1480 where the school average is <1000. My neighbor's kid got the red carpet treatment and I believe it is because her high school is infamously bad. [/quote]

Will she be prepared for the rigors of college?  Maybe she’s in an IB bubble or something…gl to her

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