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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This entire discussion is nuts.

If you have a 1490, you are in the 97th to 99th percentile. You submit that score everywhere.

And if you get rejected, it's not going to be because of the one question on an SAT that dropped a score from 1520 to 1490.

Submit the 1490 everywhere and be proud of it. [/quote]

You do realize that 1580 scorer will have a 3x chance at admission than a 1490 scorer?  [/quote]

A 1580 with nothing else going on is not going to have an advantage over a kid with a 1490 and great ECs and leadership.

And to put this into perspective, the difference is 2 or 3 questions on the SAT.

No college these days is choosing the high SAT score over far more interesting students that are rolling with something above 1400 or 32 and can actually contribute something to the university community. We are not China or India or Korea or Japan. Test scores are a part of things, but the reason American universities are so successful is because of "holistic" admissions. Lot more talent that way. [/quote]

Getting a 1580 means 2 to 4 questions wrong. A 1490 means 10 to 14 questions wrong.

They are not the same score. Ask Caltech about its buckets, Dartmouth and Harvard. The data clearly shows a massive advantage for a 1580 scorer compared to a 1490.[/quote]

Just checked.

Caltech:
Test Score - Very Important
ECs - Important
Talent/Ability - Considered

Dartmouth:
Test Scores - Very Important
ECs - Very Important
Talent/Ability - Important

Harvard (looks like they don't want to disclose their formula):
Test Scores - Considered
ECs - Considered
Talent/Ability - Considered

COMPARE TO THE TEST OPTIONAL SCHOOLS:

Vanderbilt:
Test Scores - Important
ECs - Very Important
Talent/Ability - Important

UVA:
Test Scores - Considered
ECs - Important
Talent/Ability - Important

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