<p>Here’s the deal: in the class of 2008, about 6,000 seniors got 2300 composite SAT I score on a single test. With superscoring, that number probably goes up to 9,000 (roughly the number of students who scored 22780 or higher on a single test.</p>
<p>At HYPS, there are about 6,000 freshmen enrolled every year. A cursory glance at their SAT score ranges will prove that a substantial number of them have SAT I scores below 2300 – probably at least half.</p>
<p>So . . . 9,000 applicants, 3,000 places. They don’t all apply, of course, but the ones who do don’t all get into one.</p>