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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I [b]think if you have you good scores you always send them to bolster your case, and if you don’t then you don’t. My DD applied TO last year because she was below the mid range [/b]for all her schools and we didn’t want to give them a reason to say no. She had good grades and GPA so we wanted them to judge her off of those. We also aimed for schools she was qualified to attend and no real reaches. She got in everywhere. [/quote]

The problem with TO (and will continue) is the fact that the acceptable “range” continues to skyrocket to a ridiculous high level. It used to be a 1400 SAT or 32 ACT was a great score-not anymore. Nowadays you need a 99th percentile score (1500 or 34 plus) to be “comfortable” at a top 25 school. This is wrong and indicative of a broken system, particularly for kids coming from the DMV. [/quote]

TO has certainly skewed what the reported range is on paper, but that doesn't mean there aren't kids getting 1450s going to Harvard. Some just go TO, and the schools are fine with that because it elevates their data and statistics. Unfortunately it also makes kids who get a 1480, an incredible score, feel like underachievers, which is ridiculous.

All this being said my DD got a 1600 and rejected at Yale, so it is more than about scores. Her best friend got in the high 1400s and got into Harvard. She reported her scores in her application. Scores aren't everything.[/quote]

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