Reply to How much do test scores really matter?

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "How much do test scores really matter?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My two cents is that Presidential Scholar and NMSF are nice little honors, but in no way determinative in college admissions.  Kids who get those honors did something right.  Some are super bright, some go to great schools, some prep diligently.  Good for them.  But top scores are only part of the picture. I don't think colleges especially reward perfection.  They want interesting kids with great grades and scores, but the stats don't have to be perfect.  A highly involved, passionate kid with a couple Bs and a 2300 would generally be more prized than a straight A 2400 SAT kid who studied all the time.  Colleges want students who contribute in meaningful ways to the school community.  Kids who want to be successful ion college admissions should show that they've done that in high school.[/quote]

Sounds reasonable, but I agree with a PP:  if you look at those Naviance scattergrams for top schools?  The happy green dots seem to occur most frequently in the tippy top part of the far right corner. [/quote]

Agreed!  Although I agree that top scores are only part of the picture, at the time of applying to various colleges, a high gpa student can do very very little to bring up their gpa, but by improving their testing score, can move the gauge on the testing axis much more easily, thereby increasing their  academic index.  An example of this calculator can be viewed at http://www.collegeconfidential.com/academic_index_calculator/ .  You can plug in various scores to see how it affects the outcome.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics