But SAT 1 test itself has been revised at least once or twice and the scores have risen. Not sure about the M2 (picking up skieurope’s lingo).
Again, I think the 780 is a fantastic score and compliments virtually all college applications, but for a handful of schools. I mentioned MIT and Cal Tech above, but another example might be HMC (Harvey Mudd College).
Oh man of man oh man.
Some here are trying to make all this hierarchical, as if an 800 assures a better chance of an admit. NOT. Read up. MIT has said so very much about this. I don’t know why CC folks try to reinvent the wheel of understanding, form it to their own concepts.
Before the new SAT, which raised baselines to about 750 at tippy tops, an MIT rep said, right here on CC, that anything with a leading 7 (i.e., 7xx,) assures them a kids can handle the work.
Now, you’ve got to accept and understand that the rest of the story is what brings you closer to an admit.
Consider the competition. All those kids with great academics. Then the smaller set that meets the non-academic wants of a tippy top (ECs, thinking skills, due diligence, and more.) Of course, at the very end, adcoms can cherry pick. Maybe they take the 800 kid over the 760.
This does NOT mean they prefer 800 or target primarily kids with 800s. It’s freaking holistic.
OP’s comment about “truly don’t need to send them.” When aiming high, you always should include every data point. The competition is that stiff and you never want an adcom to say, “Wish we had the APscores” or “Wish we had the SAT2s.”
I guess this discussion shows there is still a difference of opinion on this! After much back and forth, my daughter decided to send both scores. She is not applying as a STEM major for what it’s worth. She decided there was more chance of it helping than hurting.
I’d agree. Best of luck to her.
The correct decision. Good luck.
It would be absurd not to send these scores. They can’t possibly hurt you. But not sending them, well that could hurt.
No school is going to care about a 780 vs an 800 and that includes MIT and cal tech.
My kid has a 790 Math 2 and a 800 SAT 1 Math.
I tutor kids for both tests. It is absolutely harder to get a 790 on Math 2 than an 800 on SAT 1 Math.
As pointed out by many posters, percentiles have nothing to do with how hard a test is.