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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just for some perspective, for posters who think that everyone on DCUM has a high stats student. A score of 1550 plus is earned by just 6000 students (out of 2.3 million). The number of students with such a high SAT score and a perfect GPA is likely even smaller. If there are say 4000 or so truly high stats students, it is odd that admissions to a top 20 school is a crapshoot. 
It makes you wonder whether academic merit is valued by the top colleges 
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Perspective? Oh honey YOU  are actually not informed. [/quote]

https://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/scores/1550-SAT-score-is-this-good

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I like how the link says that if you raise your score by 50 points (to a perfect 1600) it doesn’t change your admission chances at all.  And this link is from a company selling test prep. [/quote]

Out of 2.13 million test takers
20,000 score above 1500
6,000 score above 1550
750 score 1600[/quote]

And, to illustrate that scores are not the end all be all, using Ivy as a proxy for top schools since stats are so widely published, for the Class of 2024: 21,894 offers of admissions were extended, some duplicates, and the 25th percentile ranges from 1420-1470, and the 50th generally straddling the 1500 line. So just under half of admitted students are under 1500; so clearly not everyone scoring over 1500 will get an offer at an Ivy league school.

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