SAT Recentered by Yale???

Colleges & Universities Yale University
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<p>So i looked on the Mycollegeview for Yale and it says that Yale recenters SAT…what does that mean??? Is that a good thing or a bad thing??</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.collegeview.com/schools/yale-university/admissions[/url]”>http://www.collegeview.com/schools/yale-university/admissions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>See: [SAT</a> Equivalence Tables](<a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/data-reports-research/sat/equivalence-tables]SAT”>SAT Suite of Assessments - College Board Research)</p>

<p>“In April 1995, the College Board recentered the score scales for all tests in the SAT Program to reflect the contemporary test-taking population. Recentering reestablished the average score for a study group of 1990 seniors at about 500—the midpoint of the 200-to-800 scale—allowing students, schools, and colleges to more easily interpret their scores in relation to those of a similar group of college-bound seniors.”</p>

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<p>Indeed, that happened when you were in preschool. It’s no longer really relevant to any college’s profile. It’s almost as if the profile included:</p>

<p>College uses electricity? Yes</p>