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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I recommend that you don't use superscoring in this analysis.  Superscoring seems like a public relations gesture to stressed out students.  Rather than something that really impacts a lot of candidates to get them admitted.  And you don't have any data on what improvements are typically seen with superscoring.  Any assumptions might be quite off.[/quote]

??  [b]A 35 superscore is the same as a 35 in one setting.[/b]  Test scores check a box not get you admitted.  It is possible you could create a good impression by a one and done 35 but you would create a better impression by a 36 superscored.  All colleges are looking for is the number.  It does impact a lot of candidates.  [/quote]

No, it's not. It implies a different (lower) "true ability".[/quote]

No it doesn’t. The SAT/ACT don’t test aptitude at all.  They will both tell you so.  If you can’t assume tests across different test dates are within a very narrow range of difficulty then that renders these tests practically useless as a comparitive metric.  [/quote]

They are g loaded tests.

The tests are equated between test dates.  https://www.collegevine.com/faq/17181/how-does-the-sat-curve-work

[b]The tests are the single most important predictor of performance at highly selective colleges. [/b] 
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You do know that this isn't true based on copious past research which shows GPA to be slightly better than test scores as a predictor. I believe that because of grade inflation and GPA compression at the top this will reverse as newer research studies are completed but to date the research refutes your assertion.[/quote]

Most recent research shows test scores are more predictive than GPA; almost certainly because of grade inflation.  The best predictor is test scores, grades and rigor assessed together.[/quote]

Precisely. The premeds struggling in chem, calc, physics from kid’s magnet are the ones whose psat and first SAT were both well below average for the college they attended. These ones who have B+ and above are ones who were above the average SAT from the first time they took it. Most of the friend group went to UVA, W&L, Clemson, W&M. The 27 ACT kid who got to a 34 on the 5th try is struggling at his school. He doesn’t belong there for premed, where it all rests on the curve(bottom 1/3 get B- or Cs, effectively eliminating premed dreams if it happens multiple semesters). TO was a big disservice to many but so is the multiple chances. Georgetown does it right. [/quote]

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