Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Identification, Testing & Assessment Keep or discard 7th-grade SAT scores?

I apologize for the repetition -- I know I've seen threads on this topic fairly recently, but I'm not finding them via the search function and can't seem to find the relevant page on collegeboard.com. Here are my questions:

Does the College Board automatically erase pre-9th-grade SAT scores from a student's record?

Can ds12 request that the CB keep them?

(Found a fairly recent thread on the Well-Trained Mind forum that said 'yes' to both.)

Is there any reason not to keep them, especially now that it seems so many colleges are superscoring? (Ds aced math, did less well on CR and CW.)

http://professionals.collegeboard.com/testing/sat-reasoning/register/special/8th-grade This explains the procedure for asking the scores to be saved. If you want to keep them you need to make a request in writing soon otherwise they will be lost.

It is pretty common for 7th and 8th graders to take the SAT so admissions wouldn't be surprised to see those old scores there later. Most students don't need to keep them, but they may come in handy if your child ever considers dual enrollment or early college classes.

Also, SET is something worth considering. http://cty.jhu.edu/set/index.html

Thanks very much! I hadn't thought to look on the 'professionals' side of the site.

Yes, I'll be contacting CTY about SET once ds gets his paper copy of the scores. I'm not sure what it provides that the DYS program doesn't, but there do seem to be scholarships for CTY summer programs that ds's score might qualify him for.

Here is the previous thread of keeping or discarding 7th grade SAT score.

http://giftedissues.davidsongifted..../Re_another_SAT_question.html#Post100367

My take on this: You can use 7th grade SAT score for SET or DYS. Then discard it.

Do you think there is any value in figuring out what age a child reaches 700+ level on the SAT? I wonder if it's worth keeping early scores because there seems to be a distinction between an 11 yo who scores 800 and a 17 yo who does. Would there be any value to that distinction to a college?

It seems to me that there are lots and lots and lots of very high SAT scores these days, but there would be many fewer super high scores for much younger students.

Anyone think age matters in terms of demonstrating a high score at a young age?

I would doubt that a college would be THAT interested in the score of an 11 yo- if the 11 yo got an 800 math and then at 17 got a lower score, that would look bad. If they get an 800 at 17, great.
There are lots and lots of study prep materials out there for the SAT, so that's largely why you see such high scores.

This is not relevant to the original question, but I did want to mention that I believe that SET will accept kids who are 13 if their scores were somewhat over 700. I believe that it is +10 points for every month past the 13th bd. She might still qualify if getting some recognition is something that matters to her.

Is it so common for 7th and 8th graders to take the SAT. I thought they would take the SSAT? I know DD has to take the SSAT in 6th grade for admission to a couple of gifted high schools that start in 7th grade.

Very common through the talent search programs like CTY, Numats, TIPS. Used as admission criteria to their gifted summer programs and for things like the SET program. Also useful for admission to Davidson THINK

Some schools recommend students for talent search testing, although as far as I known any parent can sign there kid up if they choose to.

DC20's scores were discarded, but my experience was that they were useful in gaining entrance into college courses and research programs/opportunities when I was a preteen/young teen. If this is of interest, it may be worthwhile to show community college/research mentors to show abilities to handle the work and understand the material of interest.