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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Submit 1500 everywhere.  It won’t be the reason your DC doesn’t get in if they don’t.  Even for schools that say they still want scores, it’s generally weighted about 10-12% of the total application.  At least according to my DC’s CCO. 
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I have never heard anyone indicate the test score is weighted that high.  Jeff Selingo who writes extensively about college admissions cannot even answer the question with any real certainty.[/quote]

It's weighted 2x what GPA is weighted in the Academic Index that many schools still use. And you're taking issue with 10 - 12%?[/quote]

Huh?  GPA and strength of transcript actually has been weighted at like 65% which is on the record.

Academic Index isn’t used much since everyone went TO.  Your frame of reference is dated.[/quote]

"on the record"

The GPA is comprised of a series of tests, and both the GPA and the strength of transcript are generally unreliable due to systemic grade inflation, the availability of makeup tests, extra credit assignments, full or partial credit for missed assignments, teacher incentives for classroom performance, etc.?

Why should we trust the GPA and the strength of transcript, but not the ACT / GPA scores (which are administered in a standardized environment free of any of the possible distortions listed above)?

OP, submit the 1500. As others have said, it won't disqualify your applicant in the evaluation process (either at a threshold stage, or during a full evaluation).[/quote]

I think this worldview has been rejected by college admissions offices almost everywhere. Those days of SATs mattering much are over.   [/quote]

What did your DC get? 1060? 1110?[/quote]

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