tufts syndrome

playhacker
Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:58:34 +0000

They aren’t going to have Tufts Syndrome if they reject you. They, like any other school, would like to have people who are really are competitive. But just because you are number 1 or had 2400 does not make you smarter. In fact, they have to seriously see how you got that kind of status.
For instance, with that new policy College Board have, students can pick and choose which scores to send now. Which means, someone can just study for one SAT portion and take the test three times studying for each different section and still get 2400.
If you are #1, they could see what type of classes you took and the type of courses offered at your school. Easy school = easy classes = easy ranking.
And, well there are other reasons as to people not wanting 2400 students/#1 students since it doesn’t really tell anyone much as to how well prepared they are in college classes and if they can make the school look good, like have break through research and such. It’s much better to have a student who had taking courses in a college setting and earning high marks and score mid range like 1800-2100 and accept them instead with less risk that those students would fail in a different college.
And all of this is my opinion, but just having stats doesn’t have much say other than making you as competitive.