From my small sample size (30 or so friends and neighbors in the past few years), a key factor is the high school. Some high-stat kids get into multiple top 15 colleges without cancer-curing level ECs and the common denominator seems to be a HS top colleges already accepts from every year. These kids are otherwise non big donors/legacy, non athletes. Whenever I hear from a friend their DC has high stats and is choosing between Yale and Williams for ED and then 5 months later I hear they ended up at a still great but below top 40 schools, usually they come from a non JT level public or a good but not well-known private. Aiming too high coming from an unconnected HS is a risky move.

2 1550+ students from my kid’s school rejected SCEA from Yale. Both very strong applicants apart from test scores/GPA.

Student 1 bio major (applied to no other Ivies)
In at Northwestern, Tufts, Emory, Duke ,Pomona among others

Student 2 in at Berkeley, UVA, and Cornell among others

Most high-scoring kids wind up at the major flagships (Michigan, Georgia, Purdue, Rutgers, etc.). There just aren’t that many seats at the elite privates, and many of them are reserved for wealthy/connected/athletic students.

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Anonymous wrote:Are ppl willing to share generic profiles over last 2 years for high test score kids results (year, stats, major, public/private HS, general ECs, spike/hook)?

Curious where the high-test-score kids end up, and for which major.

What do you consider high?

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lol you're an idiot.

I think that is generally what is considered “high” test scores by most top 20s, college counselors, reddit forums, etc.

Chances 1550+ not getting into T20 much lower than 1500. Simple math.

As much as you’d like to believe this, it’s simply not the way that it works.

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Anonymous wrote:Are ppl willing to share generic profiles over last 2 years for high test score kids results (year, stats, major, public/private HS, general ECs, spike/hook)?

Curious where the high-test-score kids end up, and for which major.

What do you consider high?

35/1550

lol you're an idiot.

I think that is generally what is considered “high” test scores by most top 20s, college counselors, reddit forums, etc.

Chances 1550+ not getting into T20 much lower than 1500. Simple math.

Two from our school, 1600, 1580. Didn't get into Yale/Harvard. Ended up at ivies.

Just like the lottery- "You have to buy a ticket to possibly win.” It’s the difference between meeting the basic requirements for a selective institution and being guaranteed admission.

The qualifying score gets you into the applicant pool, but it does not promise you a spot.

It’s the reason most kids apply to a few above, a few at their level, and a few safeties.

You know that admissions in the U.S. is holistic, right? So, high test scores by itself is not sufficient for anything. What exactly are you asking then? I'm sure there are people with high test scores at every college from T1-T100.

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Anonymous wrote:Are ppl willing to share generic profiles over last 2 years for high test score kids results (year, stats, major, public/private HS, general ECs, spike/hook)?

Curious where the high-test-score kids end up, and for which major.

What do you consider high?

35/1550

lol you're an idiot.

I think that is generally what is considered “high” test scores by most top 20s, college counselors, reddit forums, etc.

1540 (800 math): UW Seattle for engineering

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Anonymous wrote:Are ppl willing to share generic profiles over last 2 years for high test score kids results (year, stats, major, public/private HS, general ECs, spike/hook)?

Curious where the high-test-score kids end up, and for which major.

What do you consider high?

35/1550

lol you're an idiot.

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Anonymous wrote:Are ppl willing to share generic profiles over last 2 years for high test score kids results (year, stats, major, public/private HS, general ECs, spike/hook)?

Curious where the high-test-score kids end up, and for which major.

What do you consider high?

35/1550

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Anonymous wrote:Are ppl willing to share generic profiles over last 2 years for high test score kids results (year, stats, major, public/private HS, general ECs, spike/hook)?

Curious where the high-test-score kids end up, and for which major.

What do you consider high?

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Anonymous wrote:Are ppl willing to share generic profiles over last 2 years for high test score kids results (year, stats, major, public/private HS, general ECs, spike/hook)?

Curious where the high-test-score kids end up, and for which major.

What do you consider high?

Are ppl willing to share generic profiles over last 2 years for high test score kids results (year, stats, major, public/private HS, general ECs, spike/hook)?

Curious where the high-test-score kids end up, and for which major.