<p>This question just popped in my head and I'm sure the answer depends on the college. But when schools receive the score report from the testing agency, do they put the actual report in the file or do they just record the numbers somewhere. I'm asking because I often see students talking about how competetive or bad their high school is and if colleges take that into consideration. My son's SAT score report shows his national, state, and school percentiles. Is that information also on the reports colleges receive and does it factor into how they view the actual score?</p>
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<p>The schools know where the SAT scores rank. They don’t need it on every report. The schools have their own formulas for taking into account scores.</p>
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<p>The schools download the scores from College Board, and file it in the student’s electronic folder. Whether the school files every piece of data that CB sends with the score depends upon how the school programmed its database. Whether they look at the additional data is another question.</p>
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<p>They do take into account what the school has to offer. That can be good or bad. If your son goes to the top HS in the Country, and 200 kids from that HS applied to Harvard, I can guarantee you that Harvard will not take all 200 kids, even though every kid would meet Harvard’s requirements. On the other side, if your son goes to a poor performing HS, his achievements (or lack thereof) will be reviewed in that context (can’t expect your son to have taken 10 AP classes if the school only offers 2).</p>
<p>Right. But they only know that a school has 20 or no AP courses by reading the school profile. People keep saying the reps know the schools. I find that hard to believe. Even if a school has a reputation, the colleges only know the specifics of the kids that applied and not how they compare to the graduating class as a whole. It just seems like such a waste of objective data.</p>