A 2400 Rumor?

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<p>I’ve seen a lot of people claim that 2400ers have ~50% shot at HYPSM, but it sort of sounds too good to be true, and I am a bit skeptical, especially since I always thought there was a certain threshold where scores didn’t even matter anymore (as in 2300+).</p>

<p>Has anyone ever seen an official statistic on the acceptance rate of 2400ers?</p>

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<p>Yes .</p>

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<p>^LOL. Perhaps I should rephrase.</p>

<p>Would anyone care to share the source?</p>

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<p>Now that you pointed this out, I find that I need to re-phrase too: </p>

<p>I have never seen an official statistic on the acceptance rate of 2400ers (only several unofficial ones derived from the admission results found on CC each year).</p>

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<p>Well seeing as how (I am not aware of the exact number at the moment) there are less than 300 (i believe?) or so perfect SAT scores in a single grade level throughout the entire United States, does that not hold a significant merit? Although even I have not seen the official statistic on this rate, the admission results can tell us a form of somewhat skewed information.</p>

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<p>^ well, I’m sure only 150 people in the United States own ligers. Does that hold significant merit?</p>

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<p>inb4 silverturtle</p>

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<p>What’s “inb4” mean?</p>

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<p>I suck at explaining memes. </p>

<p>[In</a> before X - Encyclopedia Dramatica](<a href=“http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Inb4]In”>http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Inb4)</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=inb4[/url]”>Urban Dictionary: inb4;

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<p>That’s confusing stuff. :)</p>

<p>Anyhow, I’ll just hesitantly respond: no, I have not seen an official statistic for this; like you, however, I have heard that 50% number thrown around dozens of times on CC, and some claim to have heard this directly from admissions officers. It sounds reasonable to me.</p>

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<p>^Then I suppose you fancy your chances, don’t you :wink: Mr. 2400 URM.</p>

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<p>well, if you think about it, a perfect scorer on the SAT will be smart across the board, and will also have very high APs, SAT IIs, possibly a GPA, etc.</p>

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<p>didn’t know silvertutrle was an URM…</p>

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<p>What? Silverturtle is a URM?</p>

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<p>I am part Hispanic.</p>

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<p>^Oh! At first, I was like “silverturtle” does sound Native American, lol.</p>

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<p>Wow! I would have never thought silverturtle was a URM.</p>

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yer doin it wrong.</p>

<p>also, I thought silverturtle was azn ._.</p>

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I would much rather have a liger.</p>

<p>I bet liger training would be a more valuable activity than having a 2400… (a joke)</p>

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Eh, kind of risky to accept a claim that has no objective backing. Also, it would depend on what was meant by the claim. Saying 50% that applied to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, and MIT got into at least one is more reasonable than most or all. But it might be more of a correlation because people who dedicate themselves to studying that hard are dedicated in other areas. But maybe that other “50%” (using the unfounded statistic) dedicated themselves too much to the SAT, and neglected other things (grades, activities - see liger training -, great essays, et cetera). That said, a 2400 SAT can only help, though it’s merit above a 2390 seems more psychological (“perfect score!”) than practical (10 points out of 2400). But that could provide an extra boost. But again, claims of statistics on this are unfounded without a comprehensive study.</p>

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<p>I’m not accepting it; I’m merely saying that it sounds reasonable (i.e., if I had to guess based on the statistics that I have seen, 50% would be around my guess).</p>