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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was told MIT would probably want a 35 with a perfect math score.

34 should be sufficient most other places (though tippy top places would, of course, rather see a 35).  I didn’t ask what tippy top meant but assuming HYPS or what we the acronym is everyone uses on this board.

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Where will a 33 be sufficient for (one sitting, not superscored)? DS decided to just go with their first composite score because: 1) it seemed to be at the median of all the schools of interest last year when they took it; and 2) major test anxiety...the advice they got was as long as you're "in the range" you should be okay and all of the ranges seemed to be 32-34. 
 Now, everyone is saying you need a 34+ or to be in the 75th percentile...and it's too late.  [/quote]

Someone else with more knowledge please weigh in, but I didn’t think it mattered how you got there (superscore, multiple tests etc) - just ultimately what your final score is (with the notable exceptions of Yale, Syracuse, Cornell, Georgetown and other places that request you to submit all your scores.  And even then, I didn’t get the sense you would be penalized for superscoring.  My DD also got her score in one sitting too at the beginning of junior year but I don’t think she gets any bonus for that.

As for where a 33 will work, I would say anywhere the score is in the range.  So 33 should be sufficient in 32-34 range school.  The rest of her application will be determinative.  If she has an off the charts special skill or activity or rigor and recs that paint her to be an exceptional student, the more they will want her.  If she is more “run of the mill” a higher score may have helped.  And I don’t think 33 was ever 75% at the top 25 national universities such as MIT (though you may be right in that test optional is skewing scores higher).[/quote]

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