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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How are all the kids applying to college achieving SAT scores in the "upper 99th percentile".

By definition of "upper 99th percentile" very few kids would have these scores.[/quote]

it's "single sitting" percentile vs. "super scoring" schools use in admission process.  For example, only 1 out of 100 kids may get to a 33 (or whatever 99 percentile score is) in a single sitting, but multiple kids will get a 33 if superscoring is allowed.[/quote]
Do colleges know if you are submitting a single sitting score or a super score?[/quote]

They do not care. If policy is super-scoring, you don't get "extra pts" for submitting a single sitting store. It's better to take the exam again for super scoring schools. The only exception when you do NOT want to retake is top tier schools. If you retake 34 to get 35 or 36, they will not view that in positive light.[/quote]

Interesting. Where did you find this info? (The part where top tier schools frown upon retaking a 34 for a higher score?)[/quote]

Schools don’t want “professional test takers.” One of the issues with Asian applicants.
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I agree with you. But how is taking a test twice make one a professional test taker? In fact, most prep courses recommend taking a test twice for super scoring purposes. As PP stated, you don’t get extra points for scoring 1550 in one sitting if a school superscores.[/quote]

Again, for superscoring schools, by all means, retake the exam. For top tier schools (Ivy, MIT, and Stanford), retaking a 34 will make the applicant somewhat one dimensional - particularly when there are thousands of single sitting 35s and 36s in the applicant pool. From admission standpoint, they are in the same "read" file so it doesn't make big difference. It's not like these schools admit/reject based on test scores of 34 vs 35/36.  [/quote]

PP, where are you getting this "one dimensional" and "professional test takers" baloney?  Is it from any practical experience?  I doubt it.

FWIW, we have 3 at Ivies right now.  I certainly concur with any guidance that a student should make at least one or two or (gasp) even three subsequent attempts if the initial score can be improved.  There is no penalty for trying more than once and most applicants [i]do[/i] take the tests, whether they be ACT or SAT, more than once.  In fact, I cannot think of [i]any[/i] of our children's friends at their Ivies who were one and done.

And, [i]yes[/i], it absolutely[i] does [/i]come up that first freshman year when we are taking out 5-6 friends out to dinner along with our kid when we are at the school/s for the weekend.  NO, my husband and I don't specifically ask or grill the children.  But each time we've done a group dinner like that it has been a natural part of the conversation that the kids themselves have brought up as part of the dinner conversation, much like when they talk about their families or other things they will mention the roller coaster application process.[/quote]

LOL @ 3 at Ivies. Speaking of baloney.[/quote]

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