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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was at a UChicago tour yesterday and someone asked if they can see how many times a kid takes the SAT - “do you know if that superscored SAT is high because a kid took it 10 times?”  They said they do see that.  And recommend just a couple times.

This was all news to me [/quote]
What you were told is patently false. UChicago only sees scores self-reported in the Common App. Common App asks for the highest section scores. For SAT, that's TWO test dates.[/quote]

How do you know “That’s patently false?”[/quote]
If you visit UChicago's admission website, you will see that UChicago accepts scores self-reported in the Common App. If you visit the Common App Testing section, you will see that Common App asks for, [i]and only has room for,[/i] the highest score for each section, plus the test date for that score. There are only two SAT sections, Math and Evidence Based Reading and Writing. Hence only two SAT test dates, maximum, can be submitted via the Common App testing section. (ACT has more than two sections and also involves entering highest composite, and so more than two test dates could potentially comprise a student's ACT superscore.)

UChicago does not require all SAT scores to be submitted and has not done so in several years. Virtually all elite colleges do not require all SAT scores to be reported. Georgetown is the most prominent exception.[/quote]

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