<p>I think that's wonderful. And obviously I support your move east...in fact, did you apply to any schools in ny?</p>
<p>... to answer your question, no I don't think he did.</p>
<p>Z...I had been accepted to Fordham, but that was a safety school for me.
I was going to apply to Columbia, but they wanted me to retake the SAT's because I took them over twelve years ago.
I had already been accepted to Penn when Columbia told me this, so I wasn't interested in retaking the SAT's, and thus, scatched Columbia off my list.</p>
<p>That's so strange. It would have been funny though, if you retook the SATs in the same room with a bunch of 17 year olds :)
I can't imagine my SAT scores counting 12 years from now, especially since everyone will be on the new sat system</p>
<p>If I was really hung up on going to Columbia, I would have had no problem retaking the SAT's.
I'm sure they wanted me to retake them because I would imagine that the test has changed over the years.
Is there a new system on the SAT's, as you mentioned?</p>
<p>do you think they might just revert back to the old SAT if this one doesn't work out?</p>
<p>i'm not sure...they'd look extremely stupid if they had to revert back to the original. ACT will just get a lot more business lol</p>
<p>what would "doesn't work out" mean though?
I think they're just introducing a new one because people were getting too good at preparing for the old one..."buying scores" with tutors and stuff, so to speak. </p>
<p>Yes, ThomasH32, the New SAT will be administered for the first time this March.</p>
<p>doesn't work out, i mean, in the sense that it is really subjective-- the writing sample and everything. and if everyone seems to be doing badly, or sections demonstrate flaws...what shall they do? i have a feeling this year's juniors are pretty big guinea pigs.</p>
<p>No, College Board/ETS will not revert back to the old SAT because of the University of California. Guess who is the biggest customer ETS has? The University of California, and it was UC who wanted the change: harder mathematics, a writing section, and no more analogies. If College Board reverts back to the old one, UC will no longer make the SAT I required and have students take the ACT or at worse, administer their own tests (highly unlikely). That means that College Board would lose a lot of money. </p>
<p>So, the only reason to revert back to the old SAT would be if UC changes its mind.</p>
<p>As a side note, the University of California was the main force of the change, but the California State University (CSU) system would be included; that is, College Board would have lost CSU as a customer as well.</p>
<p>eiffelguy is 100% right. and adcoms have told me that for this year's juniors, SATs won't be weighted as much b/c they have no idea what to make of the test. kinda makes me wish i hadn't skipped a grade...oh well if 1440's not good enough for them, then they're not right for me :)</p>