Acceptance Rates--Reality Check

fallenchemist
Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:46:34 +0000

Ah, yes. That is true to an extent. But I think the real point was that if they made it easy to see (and I am making these numbers up, I have no idea what the real stats would be) that SAT < 2000 = 0.1% of accepted students, SAT = 2000-2099 = 9.9%, 2100-2199 = 20%, 2200-2299 = 30%, 2300-2400 = 40%, then people with 1800 SAT’s wouldn’t waste their time. But who knows, maybe they still want to see those apps, for whatever reason. I don’t think in Harvard’s case it is to preserve their USNWR ranking though.

I think you could draw meaningful conclusions from test scores alone if you saw that the odds were extremely low for getting into Harvard if your SAT score was 1800.