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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some people care a lot about the SAT, while others think the extracurriculars are what count. What do you think?[/quote]

40 point scale

ACT or SAT - required, max. two attempts (two total, not two ACT and two SAT), no superscoring, max. 10 points.

ACT:
36: 10 points
34 - 35: 8 points
31 - 33: 6 points
26 - 30: 4 points
20 - 25: 2 points
18 - 20: 1 point
Below 20: 0 points

SAT:
1580 - 1600: 10 points
1500 - 1570: 8 points
1400 - 1490: 6 points
1200 - 1390: 4 points
1000 - 1190: 2 points
900 - 990: 1 point
Below 900: 0 points

GPA - unweighted, max. 10 points.

GPA:
3.90 - 4.00: 10 points
3.70 - 3.89: 8 points
3.55 - 3.69: 6 points
3.40 - 3.54: 4 points
3.25 - 3.39: 2 points
3.00 - 3.24: 1 point
Below 3.00: 0 points

Rigor: AP classes, IB classes, DE classes.
(I know nothing of IB and DE enrollment classes, so an equivalency would need to be created).

11+ AP tests with min. 4: 10 points
8 - 10 with min. 3: 7 points
5 - 7 with min. 3: 5 points
3 - 4 with min. 3: 2 points
1 - 2 with min. 3: 1 point

Essays: 0 - 10 points (subjective)

Varsity sport(s), min. 2 years: 4 points
Paid job, min. 2 years: 3 points
Club officer, min. 2 years: 2 points
Volunteer hours, min. 25: 1 point

Tally it up.

45 - 50: Top 10
40 - 45: 11 - 25
35 - 40: 26 - 50
30 - 35: 51 - 100
25 - 30: 100 - 200
20 - 25: 200 - 350
15 - 20: Community College[/quote]

STupid plan.  You give too much credence to SAT/ACT.  A 1570 vs 1600 is no real difference.  I'll take the 1570 or 1550 who does something over a 1600 drone who only knows how to be perfect on tests. Colleges know that, and that is why they don't care once you make the score cut (somewhere around 1500ish).

If you want a system like this, go to Europe/china/india.  You can have your kid Tracked at age 12---have a bad day of testing and no chance at college or STEM/medical

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Yup. Some people are so obsessed with these tests. I posted earlier about this. I taught test prep for Princeton Review. The tests are not an indicator of acumen and only some indicator of ability. One data point among many. I think there are people who have prepped their kids throughout their childhoods for all kinds of tests (like magnet admissions-- my kid remembers all the kids whose patents had them take courses from A++ for Blair exam). And, some may not do much SAT prep, but only because kid has been doing magnets, CTY, AOPS etc and essentially prepped along the way. But, because all this helps tge kid be an excellent test taker, these parents want them to count for more and come up with inane posts like op's and hare-brained schemes like PP's. I wish these people would invest their time in something more fruitful  [/quote]

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