How can I get a 2400?

juillet
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:58:12 +0000

I’m going to chime in with the ‘don’t aim for a 2400, just aim for a high score’. Statistically speaking, there is no difference between a 2400 and a 2350 on the SAT.

Yes, we do know what admissions officers are going to base their decisions on. Treating the process like it’s some huge mystery is only going to foster more anxiety. They are basing their decisions upon your test scores, your GPA, your extra-curriculars, your essay(s), and possibly any supplemental information (art supplement, music audition) and possibly a very small bit on uncontrollable factors (race, gender, legacy status).

Also, statistically speaking, Godfatherbob is wrong and mathmom is right. The statistical differences between scores past 2200 are very small and decrease as scores get higher – and top universities know that. Correlation does not equal causation. Yes, kids with higher SAT scores are more likely to get into top schools, but seeing as schools only publish their score averages and there are so many confounding variables that surround this correlation (are they also likely to have higher GPAs, more ECs, etc. – be a better overall application?) there’s no way to verify whether scoring a 2400 will do you better than a 2300.

The best thing to do is to shoot not for some specific score goal, but to achieve the best score you can make.