1600 and Rejected?

[Anonymous]

I am curious if you personally know kids who scored perfect on SAT (or ACT) who received rejections and which schools.

(Please no "OMG don't you KNOW that 1600s get rejected ALL THE TIME?? It's not some automatic ticket!" Yes, clearly I do. Just interested in anecdotes about perfect scores.) Thank you.

I'll start. I know a kid with a 1600 who got rejected from Michigan and goes to Harvard now. Probably received other rejections, but I don't know about them.

[Anonymous]

Just getting a good board score is not enough to gain admission to any school.

And the applicant was likely rejected from Michigan because they showed zero interest in actually attending.

[Anonymous]

This is 20 years ago, but I had a friend who had a perfect SAT and ACT and was rejected from Harvard.

[Anonymous]

20 years ago and I was rejected from Williams

[Anonymous]

And 20 years ago a 1600 was a much rarer thing. My DD had a 1590 and was rejected from MIT and Brown, waitlisted at Carnegie and Cornell.

[Anonymous]

Class of 2021. The only rejection was from Swarthmore, but also a number of waitlists that were basically soft rejections.

[Anonymous]

1600 in one sitting or super scored? (I think there's a difference. I don't know if colleges do.)

My niece with a superscored 1600 was rejected from HYP, got into Cornell, and is going to a BS/MD program somewhere ... I forget which school but it is not Rice or Brown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And 20 years ago a 1600 was a much rarer thing. My DD had a 1590 and was rejected from MIT and Brown, waitlisted at Carnegie and Cornell.

Where did she end up going?

[Anonymous]

Yes. I know a kid who took tons of prep classes and private tutoring and got a 1600. But had a low gpa and no ECs. Got rejected from plenty of places include state flagship.

[Anonymous]

35 years ago i was rejected form every college i applied to but I survived and have been very successful. It doesn't matter where you go,. it matters what you do with yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1600 in one sitting or super scored? ([/b]I think there's a difference.[b] I don't know if colleges do.)

My niece with a superscored 1600 was rejected from HYP, got into Cornell, and is going to a BS/MD program somewhere ... I forget which school but it is not Rice or Brown.

Why do you think there is a difference? Presumably the math and verbal sections are equally difficult across different sittings. This is just yet another thing that creates artificial distinctions between students who aren’t really different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just getting a good board score is not enough to gain admission to any school.

And the applicant was likely rejected from Michigan because they showed zero interest in actually attending.

This, and he also probably has zero social skills. Harvard sounds perfect for him.

[Anonymous]

It's all about being well rounded. Anyone can study for a test and go to prep courses. Colleges know this.

[Anonymous]

Yes, my DC 2 years ago. Rejected from Columbia, waitlist then reject from MIT, Waitlist twice at UChicago. Accepted Princeton, Yale, Georgetown, UPenn, and state school.

1600 isn't a magic ticket. There's an awful lot more about any kid (including my DC) than one test score. GPA (theirs wasn't perfect), course rigor, ECs, goals, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1600 in one sitting or super scored? ([/b]I think there's a difference.[b] I don't know if colleges do.)

My niece with a superscored 1600 was rejected from HYP, got into Cornell, and is going to a BS/MD program somewhere ... I forget which school but it is not Rice or Brown.

Why do you think there is a difference? Presumably the math and verbal sections are equally difficult across different sittings. This is just yet another thing that creates artificial distinctions between students who aren’t really different.

Not every college considers a super-score.