Next years recentered data

Colleges and Universities A-Z Air Force Academy - Colorado Springs
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<p>I was looking at the instructions to precandidates on the academy website for the class of 2011, since its looking like this year is a no go for me…again.
Interesting realignment of numbers.</p>

<p>(mid 50% low-high;average)
Old ACT English (26-31;28) New ACT English (26-30;28)
Old ACT Reading(27-33;29) New ACT English (26-30;28)
Old ACT Science(26-32;29) New ACT Science(27-31;29)
Oct ACT Math(27-32;30) New ACT Math(28-31;30)</p>

<p>Old SAT Verbal(590-680;630) New SAT Verbal (590-670;640)
Old SAT Math(620-700;652) New SAT Math (620-700;660)</p>

<p>The range of the mid 50% has tightened a bit on the center and generally a little highier averages.</p>

<p>The CFA doesnt seem to have changed at all this year with the tasks to perform as it did when it went from PAE to CFA. My alo has been saying theyve been trying to make it done regionally (all cadets from each academy go to an area and do it, doesnt seem like they did it). But the mile run has a new abrivation: 1MR.</p>

<p>Hope people interested in next year find this information useful, i know i did (to some extent).</p>

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<p>It's interesting to see the admissions cycle keep rolling. It's hard to think of 2011 when the majority of 2010 hasn't even been selected .</p>

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<p>I can't seem to remember where I heard this, but there have been complaints that the New SAT and ACT tests with the writing portion are too long for one sitting. I was surprised to see a letter from AFA's admissions office dated 11/28/05 stating that a larger than expected number of testers (class of 2010) did NOT take the writing portion. It is now mandatory for all new candidates to take the Writing Test. </p>

<p>I am only speculating, but do you think the length of testing time for the SAT and ACT with Writing Test in one sitting could cause the overall scores to slip slightly? Could this have been the reason the class of 2011 score ranges have tightened? </p>

<p>Does anyone else have some insights?</p>

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<p>Hmmm, I think these changes are probably too small to be statistically significant in any way.</p>

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<p>A rise would probably be due to a more competetive applicant pool or just to more applicants in general.</p>

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<p>I think the new test length is definitely going to lower scores, but it may not be significant enough to affect the AFA averages. I, too, was surprised to hear that the writing section was not going to be required since so many applicants hadn't taken it. Its seems to put the ones who did take it at a disadvantage. The essay is always the first section, so these kids are taking the verbal/math sections later in the test when the weariness hits.</p>