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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This really would have hurt me. I was a great student, but I know that my score of 1500 on the SAT is what got me into my top college. [/quote]

But you don't know that. You were already a great student. You probably had great letters of recommendation. You probably wrote well. Did they REALLY need the SAT to tell them you were qualified/competitive/etc?[/quote]

DP.  Two candiates with equal applications, but one has a 1500 and the other has 1300 - the 1500 is more qualified.  This is about chosing between people.  [/quote]

First, that isn't even how college admissions works. They don't choose two random people and rock paper scissors them out. Secondly, no. It is not a given that a person with a higher SAT score is more "qualified" for college. [/quote]

I mean, I just think you're fooling yourself.  I'm not talking about the difference between 1100 and 1200.  But yeah between 1200 and 1600 - that's a big difference and it reflects IQs.  I have no skin in the game - I'm a hard working 1250.  But the kids who were 1500-1600 are just SMARTER than me, and everything they have achieved reflects that, and college admissions rightly reflected that as well.  [/quote]

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