SSAT scores - retake?

ExieMITAlum
Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:06:09 +0000

I agree. Scores are only a tiny part of the application and growing less significant every day. Many students are admitted to schools with scores that fall outside of the range. Sometimes a good score accurately implies a strong student. Sometimes it just implies a good test taker.

The real substance is what the student does with the rest of the academic and personal lives. That and the submitted recommendations form the bulk of the application that matters most.

Take the hardest classes you can, try your best, show leadership in and out of class, be passionate about something over a sustained period of time. The rest will fall in place.