@TestRekt You make a good point but I am not sure that I agree with you. I would look at it this way: If my DD is at a 1460 on the new SAT (she did not take the old one) the concordance table states that that is equivalent to a 1410. So what. This is totally irrelevant to her admissions chances unless she is a marginal candidate at a University and she is competing with another candidate for that last spot who has, say a 1420 on M+CR on the old SAT and who has a identical 4.0 GPA and similar high quality ECs. This example that I gave is just impossible to be realistic.
I think what is really happening is that the schools are setting minimum SAT/ACT thresholds for candidates to make a first cut (unless they are athletes, etc). The kids who don’t make the SAT cut get discarded at that point. This level is probably below 1400 at these schools so they don’t kick out someone who shines on all other aspects. The ones that make it through that screening are then evaluated based on the main 5 factors (GPA, rigour, SATs, essays, and ECs) with other aspects such as geographic diversity, major, need for bassoon players, etc, depending on the school. I just don’t think at this point whether DD has a 1410, 1460 or 1510 on her SAT will make much of a difference with her applications to top 30 type schools.