Acceptance Rates--Reality Check

Bigb14
Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:11:43 +0000

“Bigb14 - I have no idea what you are trying to say. Of course high SAT scores alone won’t get you into Harvard, but low SAT scores will almost for sure keep you out. I would say for the latter case there is a very high r value between being turned down and low SAT scores, although again admittance decisions are multi-pronged.”

The OP’s point was that it the actual acceptance rate of 8% does not apply for everyone in the applicant pool. While this is true, what I am saying is that it’s impossible to draw any type of meaningful conclusion about your “actual acceptance rate” from test scores alone. I’m sure there have been people with SATs under 2000 who have still gotten into Harvard, however few.