<p>Just give your mom a big hug and say I love you before you go to bed tonight! Infact, do that anytime you feel like it.</p>
<p>^ no thx im not a girl.</p>
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<p>It encourages more test taking, so it does make more money in the end.</p>
<p>What do you mean by that? Guys can hug their mothers too!</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>I want to adopt Dnerd! :)</p>
<p>Both of my boys have always given me hugs…one is 24, the other 17. Give your mom a hug, buddy!</p>
<p>UCs require ALL scores. Thus, using score choice could be construed as an ethical lapse.</p>
<p>"^^^</p>
<p>I want to adopt Dnerd!"</p>
<p><em>cough</em> or marry <em>cough</em></p>
<p>You probably should have, but I doubt it’ll matter for what it’s worth. Your mother should ease up a bit.</p>
<p>You’re perfectly fine. My D has 750/780 on her SAT IIs…then one sad Math I at 620. She is also retaking this weekend. But, for many of her applications, doesn’t matter, score choice isn’t offered. For the others…she’s sending all scores anyway. </p>
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<li> One lower score does not define a student</li>
<li> Some schools don’t allow it anyway.</li>
<li> Even if they do…beware that your high school might be sending in your standardized test scores along with your transcript. I just recently learned our D’s school does that…would never have known except that it came up in casual conversation with a counselor. For kids who ‘score choice’ to schools who don’t allow it, thinking they’ll never know…this is a process you should consider</li>
<li> Your score went up, they like that. They see you wanted to excel, studied, and found a way to do so. One score CAN be a “fluke”. My D, for example, said she had just drank a ton (coffee, juice, water) right before her test and couldn’t pay any attention she had to go to the restroom so badly.</li>
<li>Do any of you really want to “sneak” your way into a college where you don’t belong? I mean, this is exaggerated, but…let’s say you take several steps to hide things…not just put yourself in the best light, but really avoid truths about yourself. You get into a college where you really don’t “fit”, and it turns out not to be a good experience. Like…you might be a poor writer/hate writing. Dad, a professional writer, writes your essay and it turns out the college is HUGE on writing and you write in EVERY class and you HATE it!</li>
<li>They’re nearly all going to consider your best scores anyway. </li>
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<p>Mox Nix. Doesn’t matter. Good luck to you.</p>