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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Colleges won’t know how many times you took it. Just report the two that you use to super score. Is her second one is worse than the first for both sections? If not, you can use the best section scores to super score. Now, my impression from doing a lot of research is that there is zero difference between 1520 and 1550 for the purposes of most college admissions but I don’t think it would hurt to take another test. There is randomness to it. My kid had 1520 on the first try. Didn’t prep at all for the second and got 1570. [/quote]

OP here. 770 verbal on both, 750 math on first 730 on second. Focused most of her prep on improving math between 1st and 2nd but didn't pan out.  Doesn't want to major in STEM.  We (including DD) all agree that really no difference between 1520 and 1550 but with all the focus on "what's the middle 50%" for various schools potentially on the list, that's where we get a little tripped up.  1520 puts her in the middle 50 but not at top or above for some schools.

Of course [b]this is all a little nuts-[/b]-I get that.  DH and I both scored in 1300s 30+ yrs ago and were thrilled- hate that there is so much pressure on these kids that 1520 doesn't feel like a home run.  Nonetheless, thanks to all offering opinions.  It actually is very helpful to read others' thought processes and experiences.  [/quote]

This is more than a little nuts. It is a ridiculous waste of time and completely undermines your stated concern about "so much pressure on these kids."

Stop indulging and engaging in nonsense.[/quote]

How is OP indulging nonsense?  Sounds like her daughter and both parents understand her score is fantastic and don't think she really needs to test again but are trying to navigate the same stuff that a bunch of us are trying to sort through. I've got similar questions. it's all changed so much since when we applied.  I don't even know anyone who had a score in the 1500s from my HS but plenty of us got into t20 schools.  Our DS has also gotten that whole Middle 50% thing drummed into our heads as well and have heard that if he isn't at >75th % for certain schools SAT/ACT range don't bother applying, or apply without test scores.  And he is comfortably above 50th for these schools!  It is nuts.  But it's reality.    [/quote]

Ok? Teenagers need someone who says, "Enough" to this BS. Handwringing over the possibility of raising one's score a few points is ridiculous, as is the obsession with "t20." That is what I mean by indulging nonsense.

If you aren't part of the solution, you are part of the problem.[/quote]

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