What accounts for differences in SAT scores?

collegeseeker111
Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:45:19 +0000

Athletes and especially minorities (there being more of them) bring the scores down. Minorities account for a very significant (I forget the exact percentage) number of students and they often have lower scores. Legacy applicants MAY bring it down slightly, but having legacy doesnt give an applicant nearly as much of a boost as a being a recruited athlete or a minority.



Specifically URM’s.



I don’t have stats or anything so this is completely anecdotal, but:


I encountered more legacies than I would have expected before I came here;
Their accomplishments were just as outstanding as anyone else’s. (I obviously did not ask anyone about their SATs, though - I can count on my two hands the number of times I’ve heard that word mentioned here.)




I’m guessing ‘here’ references Dartmouth?