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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sidwell offered the PSAT on campus, so the kids didn't use the SAT route. [/quote]

Many did. [/quote]

How is that possible? If you school offered the PSAT, you were not eligible to use the easier AE.[/quote]

Same question here: if your school offered PSAT, will you be able to submit SAT as an alternative?[/quote]

No, and if you consider the average SAT scores at several schools, nearly a quarter of the class would have qualified under SAT submission. However, in announcing the change for this year only, the college board said they would use PSAT scores to calculate the cut off (so it shouldn't have mattered which you took), but in the end, they used the SAT instead and allowed people to submit any SAT they took, thus allowing multiple bites at the apple for some of those kids, which of course advantaged those who planned to use or had to use AE. Kind of a crappy bait and switch, honestly, but it is what it is. I certainly don't read anything into the numbers from various schools, nor does it diminish the accomplishments of those who qualified under whatever method. It was an unusual process in an unusual year; it benefitted some and hurt others.[/quote]

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