Taking A Deep Dive Into the College Board’s New Adversity Score

gardenstategal
Sun, 09 Jun 2019 10:26:21 +0000

While everyone is calling it an adversity score, it’s actually environmental context data. It does not eliminate or replace personal data. If you look at what is provided to the college (which you can), it shows data on the school like average AP score, how a student 's score compares to others in their school, etc. Remember that most colleges, in setting up their admissions offices geographically, have been trying to compile a version of this material themselves. If your school gets visits from college reps, odds are that they have put together some version of this already.

If a kid is coming from a school where his 1250 SAT is exceptional, that’s noteworthy but might not have been noted. For everyone who is at a school that draws from a diverse SES background and has good stats, you are already probably a school that AOs like - strong academic prep as well as ability to thrive outside your bubble.

It’s interesting that everyone is convinced this will work against them. To me, the reaction speaks more to the anxiety that is college admissions than to anything else.