<p>Obviously, the SATs are very important to Stanford, but I was under the impression that Stanford cared less about SATs compared to HYP and U of C, since their SAT 50% range is about 30 points lower than HYP, despite being as competitive as them.</p>
<p>Is it true?</p>
<p>If you look at the stats of the SCEA admits this year it is clear that
higher SATs did not contribute to a better outcome. on CC I was noticing
that most of the accepted seemed to have SAT’s 150-50 points below
large numbers of deffered students.</p>
<p>I remember from last year and the year before that this was not the
case.</p>
<p>…so yes, at least for the SCEA that just concluded Stanford was
definitely not valuing the SATsa s much as one might be
inclined to believe it would…(irrespective of however skewed CC is)…</p>
<p>:confused:</p>
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<p>It’s not so easy to make judgments based on CC. Here’s the article on this year’s SCEA:</p>
<p>[Early</a> apps suffer slight decline - The Stanford Daily Online](<a href=“http://stanforddaily.com/article/2008/1/8/earlyAppsSufferSlightDecline]Early”>http://stanforddaily.com/article/2008/1/8/earlyAppsSufferSlightDecline)</p>
<p>Notice that the 25th percentile on the SAT for SCEA admits is about the 50th percentile for Stanford’s overall class (last year). The average SAT for SCEA admits is 2220 (I think that’s about Harvard’s average), 70 points above last year’s overall average.</p>
<p>So either Stanford emphasizes SATs more for SCEA applicants or SCEA admits just tend to have higher SAT scores.</p>
<p>To answer the OP: yes, Stanford emphasizes the SAT less than HYP. If it wanted, it could admit, and matriculate, students whose average SAT is a 2300. But it chooses to find a class that’s overall able, not one that’s just statistically able.</p>
<p>yes, kyledavid’s logic is sound. </p>
<p>… so, year-to-year the SAT score expectation has risen. However,
Stanford has not necessarily emphasized the SAT.</p>
<p>:)</p>