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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Great point about many schools going TO. That said, I'm also seeing an incredible number of students with 1400+ SAT scores. I get that I need to not draw from my experience in the 90s when it was rare to hear of someone getting such high or near perfect scores but what is up with so many high scores these days? Has the scoring changed since I remember it? Or has the test itself gotten easier? Or maybe those are the only ones we hear about on here?  :D [/quote]

The SAT was recentered in 1994 or 1995. Then the writing portion was added, then taken away. The general consensus is that scores are higher now than in the 1990s.[/quote]

The scores may be higher now than in the 1990s, but only 7% of SAT test takers today get a 1400 or above. And only 2% get 1500 or above.

https://blog.prepscholar.com/sat-percentiles-and-score-rankings

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The percentages you quoted are from ONE sitting per test year cycle. You can't use those percentages to determine how many kids are in the pool of high scorers each admissions cycle. This is a common mistake that people make on this forum. One big mistake is not accounting for people that took the test multiple times over one or two years AND superscoring.

The recent Common App report (2022) provides a better understanding of what is happening:

According to the Common App 2022 report, [b]76,747[/b] applicants applied to universities/colleges with an SAT score &gt;1500 (this includes ACT equivalent scores). [b]98,498[/b] applicants applied with scores in the 1400-1499 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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