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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]More kids are scoring over 1400. According to the Common App report, during the 2022 admissions cycle, 76K kids applied to college with an SAT score of >1500 (including ACT equivalent) AND an additional 98K in the 1400 range.

Source: https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ca.research.publish/Research_Briefs_2022/2022_12_09_Apps_Per_Applicant_ResearchBrief.pdf

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Yes, scores have been re-baselined.  More kids taking the test multiple times, super scoring, etc.,  The numbers above are correct and easily fill the freshman class of the top 50 schools.  Does that mean you can't get in with below a 1400, no, it just means it will be a lot harder.[/quote]

+1 There are many people on this board that think their high stats kid (e.g., +1500/4.0+ GPA) kid is one of 10, at the most 20K students applying to highly selective colleges a given admissions year. Regarding the competition, they think their kid is swimming in a pond when in fact, they are in an ocean. [/quote]

Might be because even despite the data saying otherwise - even if they read the data - parents still have it stuck in their own heads from the 80s-90s that a kid with a 1500+ is an absolute lock anywhere. Because 30-40 years ago they WERE pretty much a lock and would have multiple ivy offers to choose from. But as even this conversation shows, when most of us were in HS there were 1-2 kids in a public high school cracking the 1500s. Now if a dozen or a few dozen kids are cracking 1500 at every decent school, that score just doesn't set you apart the same way.[/quote]

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