<p>rodney: Do you have any idea how dual credit courses would figure into the weighting at Elon? We don’t have honors. D/C classes are classes that offer both HS and CC credit but are taught at the HS by D/C certified teachers. Some local schools weight them equally with AP’s some half as much.</p>
<p>spectrum: no idea how dual credit classes work but I’m sure they will tell you if you ask…</p>
<p>samtalya: no FB for me; can you email me with a jpeg file? would love to see them!!</p>
<p>RVM- here is info on score choice from the college board website. As I read this, it is up to the student which scores to send. Schools will have no way of knowing which scores you chose not to send.</p>
<p>SAT Score-Reporting Policy
Designed to reduce student stress and improve the test-day experience, Score Choice is a score-reporting feature that gives students the option to choose the SAT scores by test date and SAT Subject Test scores by individual test that they send to colleges, in accordance with each institution’s individual score-use practice. This allows students to put their best foot forward on test day by giving them more flexibility in score reporting. Score Choice is optional, and if students choose not to use it, all scores will be sent automatically. </p>
<p>Colleges set their own score-use practices, which may vary from college to college. Different colleges use test scores in different ways and a “one size fits all” approach to college admissions does not reflect the diverse needs of colleges and universities. The College Board enables participating colleges to display their SAT score-use practices directly to students on collegeboard.com. This information is presented at the time that students are asked to send scores. </p>
<p>Students are encouraged to follow the score-reporting requirements of each college to which they apply, but their scores are not released for admission purposes without their specific consent. Colleges and universities will only receive the scores that students send them.</p>
<p>^^^Hummm it looks like Collegeboard will only send the scores they are authorized to send but it isn’t clear to me from that if colleges have anyway of knowing if a student chose to use score choice.</p>
<p>unless SAT/ACT scores are also on your transcript then I don’t see how a college will know about the other test scores. </p>
<p>JMU’s website says they “ask” that you send all scores they don’t “require” that you send all scores like some schools do, so I don’t think there would be anything unethical about choosing not to send some scores. On the other hand, if they are using the highest subscores from each test there is probably no downside to submitting all.</p>
<p>I think if one of the ACT or SAT is significantly better just send the test that is better. I’ve heard of some colleges that superscore sections of the ACT and SAT on a mix and match basis (Pitt says they do) so depending on how the subscores work out it might be to a student’s beneift to send both scores.</p>
<p>I think I am going to wait and see how various applications read. If the app asks how many times he has taken the ACT - he will answer honestly that he has taken it twice and submit both. But unless there is a very specific question like that - I see no reason to mention or submit the lower sitting as the composite and all subsections were lower.</p>
<p>I do understand that colleges want to know if a student hit a 30 on the first try or the sixth - there is a difference. But I think this is an area where students obviously want to present themselves in the best possible light.</p>
<p>I don’t recall ever seeing any app that asked how many times a student took the ACT or SAT. I composite and all subsections are lower, definitely don’t send.</p>
<p>Spectrum2, You asked about how Elon weights dual credit classes. Our HS does not weight them at all. Son was accepted at Elon. If you don’t mind me adding my two cents regarding trying to figure out how various colleges view your students transcripts - Try not to worry about it too much. After my son was accepted at 12 of his 13 colleges and WL at just one I put his stats into one of those acceptance chance things and found that his chances ranged from very low to high, yet he was accepted at all of them! (except for the pesky WL) </p>
<p>Our admission strategy was to concentrate on match and safety schools where his SAT scores and UW GPA fell within or at the high side of the accepted student stats. I also cautioned son not to fall in love with any one school because if the financial aid was not there, it wasn’t going to work anyway.</p>
<p>Ongoing good stuff on the Jewish front at University of Delaware. I hope DD is available to go to this.</p>
<p>[‘Challenges</a> in Jewish Culture’ presentation to focus on education, heritage transmission](<a href=“http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2011/apr/milunsky-series-042711.html]'Challenges”>'Challenges in Jewish Culture' presentation to focus on education, heritage transmission)</p>
<p>I looked at the VT website - I think it’s way too big for DS. If he will consider a large school, I think I’d rather him look at UMD - easier access, more Jewish students, better location - or even PSU (intriguing biz/eng honors program).</p>
<p>BTW - I was interviewed yesterday by an Associated Press reporter who is doing some articles about getting your student ready for college. I had pointed the reporter to CC as a good resource for one article (I’m in PR so always willing to help a reporter) and she asked if she could interview me for another article. I kept it general and DD was fine with it. She understands my business (we had a local ABC camera crew at the house once when the kids were little - again, just helping a reporter out!).</p>
<p>rvm, I think it’s a good idea to check the college’s website because they may have a very clear policy in place. This one would not be applicable for your son, of course, but see, for example, Barnard’s standardized testing and score choice policy shown on this page.</p>
<p>[First-Year</a> Student Application Requirements | Barnard College](<a href=“http://www.barnard.edu/admissions/apply/application-requirements/first-year-student-application-requirements]First-Year”>http://www.barnard.edu/admissions/apply/application-requirements/first-year-student-application-requirements)</p>
<p>mhc - I agree - see no reason to send the lower one. Where it gets sticky is when colleges request all scores. Deborah - I will certainly check each website this summer as we begin doing apps and submitting scores. I just find it somewhat confusing in that some schools don’t specify the need to send all scores - some “request” all scores, etc. Does “request” mean you must send both? My inclination is to just send the better February score to colleges - but I don’t want to do anything that would be dishonest. I’m probably over-thinking this issue.</p>
<p>About ACT/SAT scores, here is what I did. I called each admission office and asked who super scores, who mixes SAT and ACTs scores, who looks only at composite scores, who looks at each section and how they are weighed for admission, etc. I had a whole chart going by the time I was done. I did this because I wanted my son to have the best chance at admission and aid. I also did NOT want to waste money sending out scores that were not going to help my son if not required. This can get costly if the student is applying to a lot of schools. Some schools would prefer all scores (my guess is so that they can mix and match and help their rankings). When they said that they would like all scores, I asked if it was required. To all who are wondering why my son did not make these calls, it is because the system is too complicated for me to explain to him and it is my money on the line. I wanted exact answers with the first call.</p>
<p>Deborah, my older D had applied to and considered going to Barnard, so I clicked on the link to Campus Life in the City. I really loved that video about the Barnard course on the beautiful sea. Now that’s what I call engaged learning, and in literature no less!</p>
<p>mhc, fresh sea air sounds very appealing… I’m a touch stressed right now, so I’ve been resorting to one of my favorite hobbies – doing research. 
Hope I’m not driving everyone nuts!</p>
<p>summer months plan… logistics… etc…</p>
<p>I think I will have to add another column to the spreadsheet regarding ACT/SAT scores! I will probably do what Northeastmom did and make some calls to schools that aren’t clear on this. At this point D is going with the ACT. Said she isn’t going to take the SAT again, since she knows it will be easier to improve the science and math on the ACT. Her English and Reading sections were higher on the ACT and her math was the same as the SAT, so no need for us to send both (unless the school says we have to). I do have to make sure that the HS doesn’t put the SAT scores on the transcript. </p>
<p>Congrats to all of the seniors who have made their decisions and good luck to the last few who are still deciding.</p>
<p>If it makes any of the current seniors still deciding feel any better, almost 30 years ago (yikes!), my mom drove me to the post office, where we paid an arm and a leg to overnight my acceptance to my college. I couldn’t decide until the last day! Once I made the decision I never looked back and loved my choice.</p>
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<p>Any more thoughts on Georgia Tech? 20,000 kids, in the South/Atlanta, @1,000 or less Jewish Kids, LOTS of engineering programs…some of the schools you’re thinking about now are not in the Southern weather! Penn State is even larger than VT…again it’s all a matter of perspective…we are in NE and the kids we know at UMCP (three altogether) are very, very happy with their decision to attend that school. But, then again, it’s not in our backyard! Makes a difference…</p>
<p>deborah t, i am the queen of summer plans and logistics and will help in your nuttiness if you like!</p>
<p>as for act/sat submit whatever makes your child look best as long as it is within the policy. why submit more than it necessary?</p>
<p>i was also told by elon and c of c reps not to send recommendations. they will not read them. they have the essays and personal statements to read and recommendations are only going to come from people who would write good things anyway. so before you go asking teachers to write stuff, make sure the school wants them.</p>
<p>The letters of rec issue is interesting. Technically - S2 could omit this step entirely - none of his schools require them. The hs will send the counselor evaluation with the transcript. On one hand - why send something they don’t ask for? On the other hand - I can assure you that many kids do send them - particularly if they are coming from private schools. Do I really trust that not having any letters of rec will not in any way, shape or form be a minus when they evaluate his app? It would be lovely to skip this step - but I’m not convinced.</p>
<p>Chocchipcookie: I don’t think DS will be interested in any of those large schools. It’s just that I am curious about them. Interestingly, I was with a friend who just went to PSU for an admitted students day. She was prepared to be overwhelmed by the size, but she said it actually doesn’t feel bigger than UD. I may have to bring DS to one large school just to see. </p>
<p>Weatherwise, DS may be willing to make some trade-offs if necessary as the weather is not top priority. But if he can find the right school south of here, that would be ideal. I’m not going to limit the search, though, based on weather!</p>
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