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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In 1989 I got rejected from Yale, Princeton and Williams with a straight A average, 1390 SAT and at top prep school. So yes, it was tough then too.[/quote]

The SAT used a 2400 point scale in 1989 and that would be equivalent to a 1000 on the current sat

you’re not smart enough to create a believable lie[/quote]

Um I took it in 1988 and it was a 1600 scale[/quote]

And it didn't change to 2400 until 2005 dude[/quote]

Yup and the out of 1600 wasn't "normalized today's scores" until 1995.  Which means that you can add ~100-140 points to your 1988 score to compare with your kid's score today (makes us seem a bit smarter)
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It's been re-normalized twice, so it might be even more than that.  All the "I only scored a 1400 and I got into Harvard, it's so much harder now" folks don't realize that a 1400 was 99+%.  You would have to score in the mid 1500's now to be equivalent.[/quote]

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