Retook a 172, should I cancel? Forum

earthabides · Post by **earthabides** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 10:05 am

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MurdockLLP · Post by **MurdockLLP** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 10:15 am

What is your GPA?

earthabides · Post by **earthabides** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 10:19 am

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buckiguy_sucks · Post by **buckiguy_sucks** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 11:21 am

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earthabides · Post by **earthabides** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 11:25 am

buckiguy_sucks wrote:don't cancel

how come?

buckiguy_sucks · Post by **buckiguy_sucks** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 11:27 am

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PoopNpants · Post by **PoopNpants** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 11:28 am

If you think you got at the most 6 wrong, than don't cancel. Highest score matters to schools so you still got that 172 in your pocket. I don't see any upside towards cancelling at all based on what you have told us

earthabides · Post by **earthabides** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 11:31 am

buckiguy_sucks wrote:
earthabides wrote:
buckiguy_sucks wrote:don't cancel
how come?
There is no downside to not canceling and a huge downside to canceling. Adcomms won't care if you don't cancel and its lower

Thanks, what's the downside to cancelling? My gut is telling me I got perfect on the rest of the test but my head is telling me that it's not worth the risk. I thought getting a possible 168 would call my 172 into question

buckiguy_sucks · Post by **buckiguy_sucks** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 11:32 am

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antiworldly · Post by **antiworldly** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 11:50 am

They only care about the highest score. You gain absolutely nothing by canceling. A lower score will not call your 172 into question. Good luck!

earthabides · Post by **earthabides** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 1:04 pm

I was about to fax my cancellation sheet. I'm convinced, I'll hold out for my score now.

earthabides · Post by **earthabides** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 11:50 am

antiworldly wrote:They only care about the highest score. You gain absolutely nothing by canceling. A lower score will not call your 172 into question. Good luck!

Worst case scenario I I somehow get every guess wrong and did horribly on every other section and I end up with a 165 or something.. Do I write an addendum? Just say I miss bubbled? What's the protocol here?

antiworldly · Post by **antiworldly** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 4:21 pm

earthabides wrote:
antiworldly wrote:They only care about the highest score. You gain absolutely nothing by canceling. A lower score will not call your 172 into question. Good luck!
Worst case scenario I I somehow get every guess wrong and did horribly on every other section and I end up with a 165 or something.. Do I write an addendum? Just say I miss bubbled? What's the protocol here?

A seven point drop does not require an addendum. A twenty point drop? probably, but then there are other questions such as did the same person take both tests/did you have a heart attack in the middle of the test and only got to bubble half of your answers. So long as you are within 10 points, no addendum, it makes it seem like you're making excuses instead of taking ownership of your performance. They understand that people do better and worse on subsequent testing, there is a natural ebb and flow.

Oskosh · Post by **Oskosh** » Sun Jun 14, 2015 10:16 pm

Slightly off topic, but people like you make ME want to cancel my score. I found the LG section to be very easy... but perhaps it was hubris/the high of the testing conditions? Oh, man.

earthabides · Post by **earthabides** » Sun Jun 14, 2015 11:35 pm

Oskosh wrote:Slightly off topic, but people like you make ME want to cancel my score. I found the LG section to be very easy... but perhaps it was hubris/the high of the testing conditions? Oh, man.

It wasn't that bad I'm sure you're fine. I just mis diagrammed a game and ran out of time because of it.

stego · Post by **stego** » Sun Jun 14, 2015 11:39 pm

Oskosh wrote:Slightly off topic, but people like you make ME want to cancel my score. I found the LG section to be very easy... but perhaps it was hubris/the high of the testing conditions? Oh, man.

Some people think LG is easy, a lot of people think it's hard. Don't cancel your score either.