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Old 04-21-2008, 08:18 PM   #16
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Ditto on wjb's advice. (If my daughter had it to do over again, I would strongly recommend the SAT I. She took the ACT twice, rocked both times, and took three SAT IIs and scored well on them, too. Never took the SAT I (PSAT National Merit Commended, would have been finalist?). Even with a straight-A GPA and 8 AP courses (including physics, calculus, econ, etc.) at a top, competitive high school and varied and exceptional ECs, her results weren't stellar. We have wondered if the lack of an SAT I was the problem.) Take SAT IIs first, get the scores, report the scores. Take the SAT I and if they are good then report them.

FYI: Some schools superscore the ACT, taking the best subscores from several testings, and recompute a composite. Take the ACT again if there was a weak subtest score. It can't hurt, you don't have to report it if it's not as strong as attempt 1.
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Old 04-21-2008, 08:24 PM   #17
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Old 04-21-2008, 08:44 PM   #18
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je ne sais: I'm sorry your D's results were not all you had hoped for, but I don't think the absence of an SAT I score was a factor. There really is no remaining institutional bias against the ACT, even at the most selective schools.
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Old 04-21-2008, 08:51 PM   #19
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wjb: That's good to know. We feared the admissions folks wondered WHY she didn't take it, like we had something to hide. She was just doggone tired of all the testing, nothing more, but we have wondered....

Your advice to the OP seems spot on.
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