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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can't decipher the above comments really, but yes, it is definitely the case that there is a world of difference between a 767 and a 704 score, despite the fact that one is only about 9% higher than the other.  [/quote]

The fact that you believe this is your main problem.

Colleges don't believe this.  Nor do employers.  The categories that matter are "qualified" and "unqualified" and if you think that a single percentage difference in scores makes that distinction you are massively wrong or biased.

Here's how the decisions are made:  You put the applicants in either the bucket of "qualified" and then "unqualified".  Then you pick the applicants that best build the class you want and achieve your missions from the "qualified" bunch.  That's the smart way to do it,  and that is why the people who matter do it that way.  You are suggesting someone who has 40 points higher over-rides all the other categories a college needs, and the fact is, for that college those 40 points alone make no difference whatsoever.

That's how it works.  It's that simple.

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That's a nice story, but absent AA, a 1408 SAT score would be in the unqualified bucket for Harvard[/quote]

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