<p>The cultural context for my bringing up the issues other than scores a lot is that many college applicants to United States colleges come from, or have parents who come from, countries where test scores are decisive. Here in the United States, the college admission nonsystem really is different. I was prompted to post my thread </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/377882-how-do-top-scorers-tests-fail-gain-admission-top-schools.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/377882-how-do-top-scorers-tests-fail-gain-admission-top-schools.html</a> </p>
<p>after reading several million (conservatively estimated 
) threads in this forum and the related forums asking about test retakes. I am well known for another link I post often relating that most colleges don’t care at all if you retake your tests once or twice. High scores are important, as I fully agree. But I get the impression that a lot of the new participants who continually join the discussion here on CC have perhaps not heard how possible it is to be rebuffed in an admission application to a top college even with very high test scores. For anyone who has time to retake a test, another possibility is bolstering the aspects of an application other than test scores.</p>