tfc38z
September 26, 2016, 8:34pm
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Hi
I’m taking the new SAT this saturday. Do I have time to see my score before I submit for Yale early or do I have to submit without knowing what I get?
Thanks
Do you already have ACT scores? Previous SAT scores?
Are you committed to applying SCEA to Yale, or does that depend on your score?
gibby
September 26, 2016, 10:20pm
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This from the College Board: https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/scores/getting-scores
So, yes . . . you can see your scores on Oct 27 and send them (or not) to Yale on Oct 27/28. As SCEA applicants can also take the SAT test in November and have their scores count, it will not be a problem that your scores arrive slightly after the deadline of November 1st. There is no need to pay for rush-reporting.
That said, please read this from another of my posts . . .
Colleges place MORE value on a student’s GPA because it’s a 3-year window into a student’s scholastic potential, whereas an ACT/SAT score is only a 3-hour window into that same potential.
Princeton, Harvard, Yale, and Stanford are all on record as saying “We don’t accept anyone in the SCEA round that we wouldn’t accept in the RD round.” That’s Admissions-speak for “We accept the best-of-the-best in the early round.”
If you are the best-of-the-best from your high school – meaning if you are academically ranked in the top 1% to 2% of all graduates from your HS class AND have top test scores – you SHOULD apply early somewhere. That’s true even without hooks, as the very tippy-top students stand a better chance of being scooped up in the SCEA round as they are showing demonstrated interest in one college by applying SCEA.
However, if you are ranked in the top 3% to 10% of your high school class – no matter what race, ethnicity or test scores – your application has more of chance of being deferred, as Admissions will want to compare your file to a larger application pool. So, think very carefully about applying SCEA.