Question about Collegeboard's profile on Harvard

Colleges & Universities Harvard University
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<p>I’m a bit confused about collegeboard’s little blurb on Harvard. Under standardized exams, CB gives a range of the “middle 50%”'s SAT scores. The range for CR for example is 700 to 800. So does this mean that people in the top 25% of Harvard’s class has an 800 and that the bottom 25% has below a 700? If you got a 750, would this put you solidly in the middle of the Harvard class? How does this work exactly?</p>

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<p>“So does this mean that people in the top 25% of Harvard’s class has an 800 and that the bottom 25% has below a 700?”</p>

<p>yes.</p>

<p>“If you got a 750, would this put you solidly in the middle of the Harvard class?”</p>

<p>not necessarily. the distributions might be off, but, generally, 750 would be about average.</p>

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<p>I thought the middle 50% meant that 50% get above that score and 50% get below that score.</p>

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<p>No, middle 50 percent means 25 percent get a higher score, and 25 percent get a lower score, because 25+50+25=100, and 100 percent is the whole group. This, by the way, is the way NACAC likes colleges to report score ranges: by showing the interquartile range WITHOUT reporting a median score. </p>

<p>After edit: </p>

<p>Here’s the link we are talking about. </p>

<p>[College</a> Search - Harvard College - SAT®, AP®, CLEP®](<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)</p>