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Where would you not submit at 1520 or a 1540. Some counselors are telling kids with these scores to go test optional to very highly selective schools.. the whole process, in terms of TO, has become a game. Wish college had to be either test required or test blind.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Okay, consensus seems to be to submit the score.  I think it is a great score. Math is 770 and verbal is 730.  [/quote]

Do you know the meaning of consensus?  There's five pages of differing views.   But you should do what you want,  ignore the consultant you're paying, and submit a score that's in the bottom fourth of enrolled students from last year.[/quote]

It’s not in the bottom fourth of enrolled students if 32% didn’t submit any scores.  Likely that means it is in the top 1/2 of enrolled students.

The 32% that didn’t submit were probably scoring well below 1500.[/quote]

A 1500 is a drag on the average. Hard to see how that's a plus. [/quote][/quote]
NP. I think counselors saying not to submit a 1500 are giving bad advice. Maybe the student won't get in, but a 1500 isn't going to be the reason. 1500 shows they are prepared for Duke. Go back to the pre-test-optional data from Common Data Set 2020-21, which was 1480-1560.[/quote]

OMG. Check your calendar.  It's 2023, not 2020.  The entire dynamics of admissions have changed. Wake up![/quote]
No one is getting rejected from Duke due to a 1500. That's just dumb. Yes, test optional admissions threw a wrench into the system. No kid with a 1500 is academically unqualified for Duke.

Duke has not released a Common Data Set for 2022-23 so there is no composite score data available for enrolled students for that year. The only composite data released is in the Class Profile fall 2023, which shows data for admitted students, not enrolled.

Data for enrolled students:
Fall 2022, EBRW 730-770, Math 760-800
Fall 2020, EBRW 720-770, Math 750-800

Test optional pushed up the 25th percentile by 10 points per section, as one might expect. While Duke hasn't released the enrolled composite for fall 2022, it was likely around 1490-1500. There is zero reason to withhold a 1500.[/quote]

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