roethlisburger, you are so far off with everything you write. In terms of perfect scores, while only 300 might get a perfect score at each sitting, there are about 7 different sittings for the SATs. Students tend to start taking the tests in 10th or early in 11th. So there are at least the number of admits to Harvard who have perfect SATs. Then there are the ACTs. A certain percent of those taking them have 36s. Then there are grades. There are twice as many valedictorians in the US than there are slots in all the 1st year class of all the ivy league schools combined. These schools are not looking for walking perfect scores. They are looking for students/people who will be an asset to the campus while attending and who have potential to do amazing things once they graduate.