The adversity score does not affect the SAT score but it does affect your chances of getting accepted.
It’s part of a long list of practices that see institutionalized War on American Success.
Fortunately, for people who think this is a good idea, they don’t have kids that have to go through this crackshit system. They either don’t have kids or their kids weren’t subject to this bullshit.
Architect of this adversity score is the Head of College Board, who was also was the architect of Common Core