<p>It’s odd… I’ve read hundreds of statements expressing a backlash against the notion that “perfect” stats are a good thing, but have yet to experience the original belief first-hand. Just to reassure anyone disturbed by this trend, getting “perfect” scores and grades will not actually decrease your chances at top colleges, nor will it make you boring or mean or cause an ugly green rash 
(Particularly with regard to standardized tests, it doesn’t even mean you studied or cared too much.) It’s just not necessary. Admissions isn’t about numbers… but that doesn’t mean there’s a negative correlation there.</p>
<p>Haha yea. Remember, “No SAT scores can get you into college, but they can keep you out.”</p>
<p>I think people express it in such a way that it’s like “perfect scores are a handicap”, which isn’t true, but what is true is that perfect scorers are not admitted at the rates at which people assume they’ll be admitted</p>
<p>Numbers aren’t everything… it’s so true. Go back in this thread and read my reply if you don’t believe it. I know of a few others similar to me, as well.</p>
<p>The thing is, like Mollie said, this board’s demographics are in no way representative of most of the students who apply or get in. There are plenty of people who got in who didn’t have the 4.0/1600 (2400?). For the most part, though, these are also the kids who don’t fret enough to post on college admissions boards. :P</p>
<p>I wasn’t saying that perfect scores are a negative thing, but if you don’t have them, it’s not the end of the world.</p>