View Single Post
Old 05-20-2009, 11:28 AM   #6
bluebayou
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Southern California
Posts: 9,777
Dave:

You must be a half-full type of guy. The report clearly said:

Quote:
But the research described suggests that the gains are relatively small -- gains that theoretically shouldn't matter much in admissions decisions. But NACAC also found evidence that at plenty of colleges, these kinds of gains could make a difference.
Quote:
NACAC found, however, that more than one third of colleges said that an increase of 20 points on the math SAT or 10 points on critical reading would "significantly improve a student's likelihood of admission.” The impact of such gains rises as the total SAT score goes up and at more selective colleges.
All one has to do is peruse cc. This year for example, the magic number for Vandy was 32, as in ACT. Unhooked candidates with a 32 made the WL, those with a 31 did not.
bluebayou is offline   Reply