Idle Speculation - Ratio of New/Old SAT for HS Class of 2017

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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Assuming students only submitted old OR new SAT scores, what will the ratio of New:Old be for the HS Class of 2017? Wild guesses are welcome/encouraged.

I’ll say 30:1.

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I would say more 2:1 actually. I know bunches of kids who took old (me being one of them).

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@junior2017 For the kids you know who took the old test, are those students mostly high achievers or do they span all levels?

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I would say that they span all levels. Some people took it to get it out of the way, others thought it would be easier, others thoughts it would be perceived better by colleges.

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I would estimate about 10:1

I know of some kids that took the old one, myself included, but the overwhelming majority in my school waited to take it.

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Guessing 10:1. Is it possible that colleges would prefer one over the other?

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I’m going to say 20:1. Lots of kids of parents on CC probably, but those are outliers. Most kids weren’t ready or were concerned about not being able to superscore the 2 versions (which I guess could go either way)

Wild speculation indeed.

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Not sure of the odds but I know that our suburban school district - as well as neighboring districts - all put out communication to the parents to avoid the new SAT for their juniors - to either take the ACT or get in a few of the old SAT before it ended. We received the information at a parents night and a letter from the GC.

I know that my D and most of her classmates took 2 old SAT and then most took 1 or 2 ACT already. We only know of 2 kids who took the new SAT (both thought it was easier btw) so now there are kids who did not reach their target scores signing up for the Fall SAT.

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@novicemom23kids In the situation you describe, those who missed their target on the old SAT and ran out of runway may now end up submitting the new SAT. More opportunities to increase a new SAT score. This would drive the ratio up.

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You could add a new wrinkle by speculating about wholesale shift to ACT.

The head of guidance at our HS commented that he had never before seen the Subject Test/SAT I split that he saw this May. Very few SAT I takers with the regular volume of subject test takers.

I would speculate that the students who took the old SAT were among the highest stat students but even some of those students did not plan particularly well, and ended up taking both the old and new. Small sample size of son’s friends.