The test got easier, not harder, by most accounts due to the 1996 changes. The antonym verbal section and quantitative comparison math section were dropped. Calculators were permitted for the first time.

Independent of the substantive changes, the recentering also made scores, especially verbal scores, go up. The test was originally designed to have a score of 500 reflect the 50th percentile, but the 50th percentile had fallen to the low 400's. (This was probably due to a larger group of students taking the test, rather than a more select/elite group, as had been the case in the 1960's.) Recentering put the 50th percentile back in the 500s.
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Ah. Clearly my memory was totally wrong! :)

Thanks I've been lurking, but decided not to comment much until my daughter is done with rush. I wasn't concerned about my daughter her grades and tests are fine. But I have noticed other groups have Test scores and Class rank on their rec forms. I was wondering if people looked at them as mch as GPA, but that might be touching on MS. It just seems like GPA is the only thing that everyone worries about.

Hope everyone had a great Fourth weekend.

I think the reason most people/chapters focus more on GPA as opposed to test scores is that it is a reflection of years of work, not just the outcome of an afternoon taking a test.

If I see a PNM with a less then desirable GPA and outstanding ACT/SAT scores it makes me wonder what happened to harm her grades. Was there some personal issue? Was there a bad experience with a class or two or a semester that negatively affected her GPA? Same thing with the reverse, a solid GPA with low test scores. Is she just a really bad test taker? Was she was sick that day? Or did she spend every waking hour studying to pull those grades and if so, would she have time to commit to a sorority without harming her studies? These questions are worth investigating before making a decision IMO.