Musings about the SAT

sylvesterT21
Tue, 03 Jan 2006 15:22:50 +0000

I’m not an adcom, but…if I were…I’d probably not compare SATs to people in each school. I always thought SATs were used as an unbiased common comparison between applicants, whereas GPAs and things can vary more (because on teachers who grade differently). The SAT, however, is scored the same way for all.

If someone had a score that was so much greater than his/her peers, that person would probably be in the top of the class and THAT would probably be more important for the adcom, seeing how you compare to others within your school (GPA and rank) and others all over the world (SATs)

And ec’s are really important too.

So, it’s a lot more complicated than just numbers. J’ai fini.