Submit a 33 super score to Bowdoin?

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@merc81

Why ignore what Bowdoin itself states on its CDS, in which it marks standardized scores as “important” in evaluating applicants? For comparison, schools such as Hamilton and Amherst mark standardized scores one level lower, as only “considered.”

Here is what Bowdoin says about submitting test scores:

Since 1969, we’ve been selecting the right applicants for Bowdoin, using only the materials that we require of you: your transcripts, your writing, and how your teachers talk about you.

This policy allows applicants to decide for themselves whether or not their SAT or ACT results accurately reflect their academic ability and potential. For candidates electing to submit them, test scores will be reviewed along with other indicators of academic ability.

Forty-six percent of students in the Class of 2026 chose not to submit their scores.
Test Optional Policy | Bowdoin College

So, while it may be an “important” factor for those who submit, it is not necessarily important for those who do not submit, and will not necessarily hurt their application.

That’s the dilemma for a student like the OP. If a 33 undersells “their academic ability and potential” then even this otherwise solid score may do more to harm the application than help. But it is impossible to say without knowing much more about the student’s application, demographic, etc.