Leaning towards submit SAT scores outside middle 50%

hebegebe
Fri, 19 Jul 2024 14:47:04 +0000

I think @twoin18 brought up an interesting point, but I think it’s worth looking further at the data to see if it actually made a difference.

Deferrals were most common at the most selective colleges. For example Harvard had almost a third of the class defer and even after looking at its waitlist it still ended up with a smaller class. It had 1643 freshmen starting in 2019 and only 1402 freshmen starting in 2020. Yet the SAT scores barely moved, with a 2019 spread of 720-780 EBRW and 740-800 Math, compared to a 2020 spread of 710-770 EBRW and 750-800 Math.

Going down a couple of levels of selectivity, Tufts had a 2019 spread of 680-750 EBRW and 710-790 Math, compared to a 2020 spread of 680-750 and 700-780. Total freshman enrollment for fall of 2019 was 745 men and 868 women for a total of 1613, whereas for 2020 it was 720 men and 893 women again for a total of 1613.

At first glance, I don’t think it matters whether you use 2019 or 2020.