Starting with '10, SAT will let students pick which scores to show colleges

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<p>I posted this in the Admissions forum first, but this is probably the better place for it. </p>

<p>SAT</a> will let students pick which scores to show colleges - Los Angeles Times</p>

<p>Class of 2010, you guys are lucky ducks. </p>

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<p>Beautiful, thank god my parents had me at the right time. :):)</p>

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<p>is this really true????? is it legit?</p>

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<p>There are 2-3 other threads with the same topic...</p>

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Beautiful, thank god my parents had me at the right time.

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<p>QFme too! seriously though?</p>

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<p>again the class of 09 gets screwed each time</p>

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There are 2-3 other threads with the same topic...

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<p>There's 2 threads on it, in different CC forums. Same OP. </p>

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is this really true????? is it legit?

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<p>It's from the LA Times. Take it or leave it. :P</p>

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<p>wow...how lucky.</p>

<p>Too bad I'm '09.</p>

<p>But I guess it doesn't really matter when you think about; because colleges only take the highest score anyway.</p>

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<p>Class of '09 is seriously the most unlucky class ever. Isn't the number of kids applying to colleges supposed to drop slightly for the class of '10?</p>

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<p>I read an article on it in the Chicago Tribune as well, if that gives it anymore merit.</p>

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<p>wow...</p>

<p>glad i'm in the '09 class :(</p>

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<p>so what do you guys think the affect will be on admissions? more competitive? won't you still have to send most of your scores in order to get the highest superscore? and i do admit this new policy would be nice for SAT subject tests, but really I don't mind. and of course this policy supports kids taking the tests numerous times which means more $$$$ for collegeboard ha.</p>

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<p>Wow.. go '10!!!! Thank you collegeboard!!!!</p>

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<p>Nah, my school screwed over '10; they can't pick their specific teachers for their course during arena scheduling. Starting with them, they also had to take AP World History their freshman year.</p>

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<p>Starting with the high school class of '10 ? That's really annoying that we missed it by one year...</p>

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<p>^ Oops, stupid question. Sorry. :)</p>

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<p>Stop complaining '09 (I am '09 myself). Its always a one year difference.</p>

<p>We actually should be glad. In a system where people can just send in their best test scores means a much more competitive college admission system. no more will slightly low scores be good enough for entrance as they were in our time, since many people do have a few low scores in their testing history. blah blah blah i could go on. but i dont feel like it</p>

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<p>i'm class of '09 and i think we're acutally lucky...</p>

<p>now since you only send one test, the whole notion of superscoring can't help you, right? if you get a 600, 600, 700 and then a 700 700 600 in our system it comes out to a 2100. in the new system you only send one so your superscore is actually worse.</p>

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<p>you can still superscore. You can choose to send in, lets say, 2 out of 3. I think this system will mainly help students like me. Who took the SAT early for the hell of it and scored VERY low. I had a 1460 out of 2400....... ya lol</p>

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now since you only send one test, the whole notion of superscoring can't help you, right? if you get a 600, 600, 700 and then a 700 700 600 in our system it comes out to a 2100. in the new system you only send one so your superscore is actually worse.

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<p>According to the article, this new "hiding" policy is optional. You'll still have the option of showing all of your test scores. This policy really only helps people who bomb the test once and score higher in all sections in all further attempts.</p>