<p>I think I should have saved a link to a post by a guy who was admitted to one of the HYP colleges (or maybe more than one of them) two admission rounds ago who said that Harvard admission officers visit his specific high school (a prep school on the west coast) and say to report EVERYTHING about your testing and academic record. Don’t try to be cute about what to include and what to admit, just report everything and let the admission officers figure out what it all means. Honesty and openness counts for more than having a few more points on a few tests. </p>
<p>I cannot confirm anything of the above statement from my own observation–this exact question hasn’t come up in quite this form in any HYP admission information session I have attended. But the story is plausible to me, and the CC participant who told it appeared to end up at one of those colleges. The basic operative principle here is don’t worry about a low score here or there. The low score is a fact, but trying to hide that kind of fact is not as cool as just reporting it and reporting what else you were doing with your time in high school. Check the application form of your favorite college to see how many spaces are available for reporting test scores. </p>
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