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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Posted numbers like these I fail to take at face value.  I'm not saying there is purposeful manipulation, but the numbers just don't seem to add up.  If you look at the SAT for example, the 98th SAT user percentile currently posted for the math section is 770.  2.1M students took the SAT last year.  So then only 42K students scored 770 or higher on this section.  Yet almost all of the schools listed claim that 25% of the [b]enrolled[/b] class scored at or above this number.  And many top schools are not even on this list.  And you have to account for those attending lower ranked schools for financial reasons.  It just seems like there aren't enough high scoring kids to go around for all these schools to have such high reported stats.  UVA, Berkeley, UCLA and Michigan, for example, have very large classes.  I would take these numbers with a grain of salt.[/quote]

Completely agree.  We were are Northwestern and the admissions officer said that 25% of the admitted class had over a 35 on the ACT (thus being a 36).  Which would mean that pretty much every kid that got a 36 enrolled at NW.  [/quote]
It means 35 or higher, sweetheart!!
for instance, the 76th-98th percentile might have a 35, while the top 2 percent have a 36. [/quote]

Over a 35, would mean 36 sweetheart. Regardless, even at 35, the math doesn't work.  Good try though![/quote]

Wow, if this is true, that would mean over 800 students admitted to Northwestern had a 36 ACT, or about a quarter of all kids getting a 36 on the ACT worldwide.  Sounds like a bit of a stretch.  Would that many even apply to Northwestern?

Signed, parent of a kid who got a 36 but did not apply to Northwestern[/quote]

The math still doesn't work, but the percent with a 36 superscore is far higher. No one takes it again after getting a 36, and at least some of those getting a 36 didn't on the first try.  So probably closer to 3% apply with a 36, I would bet.[/quote]

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