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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bigger pool of applicants?[/quote]

This is correct: 300,000 of the top 1% of high school graduates in the nation will apply to and be rejected from HYPSM. [/quote]

I think you must mean 300k of the top 10%. Even then, it's a stretch t say they'll all apply to those 5 schools.

But your point is valid.[/quote]

I can't vouch for that stat but was told at a lecture that Stanford reject 70% of kids who scored perfectly on SAT/ACT.[/quote]

How does that make sense?  I read the following.

The Stanford University acceptance rate is 3.95% for the class of 2025. For 2022 admissions, Stanford University received 55,471 applications, of which only 2,190 students were offered admission.

And also this:

The maximum score on the SAT is a 1600. Out of the two million students who take the test every year, only about 500 get the highest possible SAT score. [/quote]

I honestly do believe most schools only care about a minimum SAT score.  Once you hit the minimum, any incremental differences are essentially meaningless.  Stanford doesn't care about a 1600 if you hit their minimum.

The Dean of MIT Admissions keeps hammering this point home.  He spoke to a girl at an info session who told him that she had a 1550 and was going to take the SAT once more.  He asked about her math score, because they do care that you score 750+...obviously, it is impossible to score below a 750 on either section with a 1550 total score.  He then told her that she was wasting her time and MIT would look unfavorably on her taking the SAT once again because her priorities were completely off and once you hit the minimum cut-off they don't look at your scores again.

Would be nice to know the minimum cut-offs, but it is something 1500 and above (but less than 1600).[/quote]

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