<p>I agree that nobody should count on anything when it comes to the ultra-selective colleges. In a recent year, about 700 people nationwide scored a perfect 1600 on the SAT. Of these, about two-thirds applied to Harvard and less than 200 were accepted. One way of looking at this is that your chances of getting into Harvard with a perfect 1600 is still less than 50%. The other way of looking at it is that a person with a 1600 has 5 or 6 times the chance of an average applicant.</p>