SuperMatch College Search Question

xrCalico23
Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:15:03 +0000

How large is the sample size for the scattergram? There may be a self selecting nature to the students who apply to Johns Hopkins from your high school like you said.

In addition, colleges also tend to take into account the resources available to each applicant. A 2200 on the SAT from a top high school where the average is something like 2000 may not stand out as much as a 2100 from a mediocre school in some underrepresented area that has a mean score of 1400. Also, some of the accepted student contributing to the lower overall SAT average may have special talents outside of the academic realm, whereas those from your high school got in because they were just good students.