GC Letter for SAT scores?

CountingDown
Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:58:34 +0000

This thread is a spinoff of another one discussing the hype behind 2400 (and close to it) SAT scores.

Some schools assume that high SAT scores involved prep classes. Many schools superscore as an administrative function before presenting a student’s file to the ad comm – so the actual admissions committee would not see if a 2400, 2350, 2280 was earned in one sitting, is a superscore, or is the single highest result of several diligent attempts. How do schools distinguish between these different levels of achievement? Should they?

The question we’ve raised is this:
If adcomms don’t see the raw data (CB score reports), does it make sense to have the GC letter mention that a score was earned in a single sitting, without prep?

Would love to hear from admissions folks on this one, too!