<p>@purpletitan So you are making my point. Since scores are only a portion of the criteria used to determine admissions, it does not hold that a higher score will do anything to improve your chances (within some vague limits). Clearly someone with a 800 has a better chance than someone with a 650, but for every school there comes a point where the test score ceases to be a factor and they move onto what they feel are more important factors. You mentioned some about yield. Often it has to do with class makeup, ECs, etc. The dirty little secret is that many of them also want kids who can pay. They say need blind, but as part of yield, they understand that if they take a kid from a middle class (full to nearly full pay) family the odds of them attending are much less than if they take a kid from a rich or poor family. </p>