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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s interesting to learn that AOs have access to test score after the applications process. I was not aware of that. The article points out the underprivileged kids who might have been helped with a solid even if not stellar SAT score. I wonder though, if after three years, the college also found that it admitted a less qualified student body overall. We will never know this of course.  [/quote]

My kid’s scores were known by schools right after he took the ACT.  Colleges purchase the list from the college board according to criteria they want.  Later that month he had mailings from Yale and Harvard that specifically commended him on his recent test scores.

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Exactly.

My older 2 were high performers, 1500+ on the SATs.  Right after taking the tests, they were flooded with mailings from ivy schools, Michigan, U of Chicago and the like.

My youngest is more in the middle with schools.  They took the 10th grade PSAT, and scored in the 80% range.  They started getting mailings from schools like Syracuse, state schools, and a bunch of smaller mid range liberal arts colleges, none of which sent mailings to my older two.

The colleges have all the SAT scores, names and addresses of the kids, and know which kids are their target consumer based on test scores.[/quote]

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