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Interpreting Testing: Your Scores May Be Stronger Than You Think

Interpreting Testing: Your Scores May Be Stronger Than You Think

Update: 2024-03-26
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What constitutes a strong SAT or ACT score? What do admissions officers mean when they say they consider scores in context? If a college is test-optional, should you submit your scores, or if it requires testing, are your scores strong enough to apply? The answers may surprise you. To talk through these and other questions, AB host and Dartmouth Dean of Admissions Lee Coffin is joined by Dartmouth professors Bruce Sacerdote and Michelle Tine, whose research helped inform Dartmouth’s recent decision to reinstate admissions testing requirements, and Jacques Steinberg, co-author of “The College Conversation,” an admissions guide for parents.

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Interpreting Testing: Your Scores May Be Stronger Than You Think

Interpreting Testing: Your Scores May Be Stronger Than You Think

Bruce Sacerdote, Michelle Tine, Jacques Steinberg