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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This entire discussion is nuts.

If you have a 1490, you are in the 97th to 99th percentile. You submit that score everywhere.

And if you get rejected, it's not going to be because of the one question on an SAT that dropped a score from 1520 to 1490.

Submit the 1490 everywhere and be proud of it. [/quote]

You do realize that 1580 scorer will have a 3x chance at admission than a 1490 scorer?  [/quote]

You do realize that that is not causation but correlation, right?

It all comes down to holistic review, how strong this applicant is based on ALL parts of their application.
Statistically, 1580 scorers have a 3x chance: because they are strong in other aspects as well, it[b] just happens that they also got 1580[/b]. (which is understandable, a strong candidate typically is strong in many aspects).

In pure isolation, 1580 or 1490, there is no difference, both validate academic readiness.  Getting a 1580 [b]alone [/b]would not enhance your chance compared to 1490.  Like, not at all.  Getting a 1490 would not decrease your chance either.[/quote]

I don't know what to tell you, you are wrong. The data is the data.[/quote]

How would you interpret the data?

Caltech's bracket system is not universal.  That only works at Caltech and MIT, maybe a couple more.

All other selective schools look at test scores qualitatively, not quatitatively.  It's one data point, it validates your academic readniess.  Nothing more than that.
1580 alone does not move the needle more than 1490 does.

There are thousands of 1580 scorers end up at state school each year, particularly from highly competitive schools where a high score is the norm.[/quote]

Then how do you explain Dartmouth's study where a slide explicitly demonstrates that a 1580 scorer has a 3x chance at admission than a 1490 scorer, no matter if the applicant was from a low-income, fgli background or was from a higher SES household? Dartmouth's data doesn't comport with your assertion.[/quote]

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