@mamaedefamilia
(I say 2 years becuase this year, and next year)
My sister wants to go to Oxford. (But she’s a sophomore and its an international school is a bad example) But that isn’t what I’m trying to get at. And i’m not gonna type it (I’ve said it 3 times so far). All I am saying is that since some schools aren’t taking it now, she should consider retesting. If she doesn’t get a score she likes, she can leave cancel it and use the old sat. But we don’t know how a school will react to the new sat. (For example, Texas State University is changing their autoadmit process to adjust for the new SAT and schools like Yale recommend 2017 graduates have new and old one) Because no one knows if another test will be required.
But I didn’t intend to cause stress from test requirements. She just asked if she had any disadvantages, and i think having no involvement in her school is a weakness and having only one (out-dated) test when most people apply to those elite schools with an Act and Sat. And the fact that she doesn’t have the free time for anything makes me wonder things like, where is the time to study, where is the time to volunteer, where is the time for applications, where is the time for local scholarships, where is the time to be the well rounded applicant that every elite school wants? I’m only pointing it out becuase their are other factors we don’t know about like her early graduation plan. We don’t know if her application will even be considered if she doesn’t have the 4 required years of English, math, science, etc. required for admission, or if her community credits and gpa will transfer. I just assumed she wanted to know about those handicaps.
Those were are the only disadvantages i see. But i’m only saying them becuase OP is so close to a great application. Why not tell her/ him how to make it flawless? Becuase at review schools haveing amostly blank application generally doesn’t look good even with a high test score. thats all. None of my advice needs to be taken, but I hope you can kinda see why I said it.
Sorry If I caused stress :((
Thank you for the link. But those seem like they are for public California schools. (IDK I’m not from California) Do you think thats the policy for schools like southern California?