Commended cut-off is 200!

Carpe_Aeternum
Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:34:17 +0000

It didn’t follow it’s normal trend even with the re-centered curve. According to CB, the new curve made writing scores 2-3 points lower; it looks closer to three, I believe. For the past several years, the commended cut-off has gone up exactly one. If it had followed it’s usual pattern, the cut-off would have been 201 (up one from last year to 204, then down three for the new curve). I think, then, that scores were lower anyway, as it appears the cut-off without the new curve would have been the same. The new curve, of course, is not an exact science.