| "Caltech loves test scores more than do HPYS and similar schools.
One year, all of Caltech's freshmen class had 800s on one of the SAT math subject tests."
I don't think this is really true. I don't think they see a big difference between the 750 score and the 800 score, especially in the face of stronger evidence of intellectual prowess. They are trying to admit the most talented scientists and engineers. And each class is only like 200 people. It's more like they find the smartest people they can, and those people typically have sky-high SAT scores--not that they are looking for the SAT scores in particular.
However, I do think if they see someone with SAT math and SATII's below 750, they would question whether that student would crash and burn in the unforgiving Caltech curriculum. |