1600, 3x800, Valedictorian ~ Rejected?

Byerly
Tue, 18 Jan 2005 20:32:43 +0000

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I have a site somewhere asserting that Harvard attracts an eyepopping fraction of the 1,600 scorers, but I can’t find it immediately. May be bookmarked on another computer.

The number of 1,600 scorers nationally has grown from around 500 to over 900 in the last few years, with the dumbing down of the SAT test and inflation of scores. Now we are getting a new SAT test, with a new scoring system. The days of “1,600” as the benchmark are numbered, I understand.

Stats show that Harvard has been getting applications from about 30% of the 800 scorers nationally in both Verbal and Math.

College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools;

I think I recall that the fraction of the 1,600 scorers applying may have been twice that high in some years.