<p>Dude, this is ridiculous. Aim for a 2400. It’s really not so easy to score that high. You need to put in a lot of work and the curve can be brutal. If you try to aim for a 2380 and get a question wrong on purpose, it’s like self destruction.</p>
<p>If you have strong EC’s and show that you are unique and different from every other competitor (on TOP of a 2400), you’d be very desirable for top schools. Kids with 2400s usually get rejected because they’re robots without their scores.</p>
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<li>> 2380.</li>
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<p>i thought this was an interesting question.</p>
<p>Get used to it: data rules.</p>
<p>Brown University Admissions Stats class of 2013
[Brown</a> Admission: Facts & Figures](<a href=“Undergraduate Admission | Brown University”>Undergraduate Admission | Brown University)</p>
<p>Math 800 admit rate: 20.4%
Math 750 - 790 admit rate: 15.9%</p>
<p>CR 800 admit rate: 23%
CR 750-790 admit rate: 16.6%</p>
<p>Everyone has an “opinion” and people “feel” lots of different things, and for getting into college look at the admit data, not what “bias against 2400ers” might be on CC.</p>
<p>What matters is facts on the ground, not what Other People Think.</p>
<p>Kei</p>
<p>@ nyuismydream</p>
<p>omggg. she is like the type of person i am aiming for! but then the thing with presidents and everything is … does she actually do anything? i mean if she was the president of a lot of clubs but did a lot of things in the clubs/during the year, then i don’t see why they rejected her… some ivies reject just for the sake of being random. its really annoying.</p>
<p>@nyuismydream</p>
<p>Ugh god, I hate people like that. Talking about the crying part and they had to make up a new job for her… Pathetic. But other than that, the the 2400 and the 800 on the subjects would look great if it wasn’t for her application looking really plastic. Better to be passionate or have one or two quality clubs than to be president of twenty or ten.</p>
<p>But yeah, I agree with the majority here. 2400.</p>
<p>Here’s a way to look at it. </p>
<p>How many 2400 scorers would trade for a 2370.
How about the other way around</p>
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Sounds to me like she got the “dealbreaking recommendations” from her teachers/counselors. When you’re an ass in high school, not always but at times that assiness will find its way onto the application.</p>
<p>Don’t know about you guys, but I’m aiming for 2400. No questions asked 
That way, when someone asks you your SAT score, you don’t even have to say a number. Just say perfect haha.</p>
<p>^Indeed. There’s nothing more frustrating than telling someone you got a 2300 only to have them ask, “What’s it scored out of, again?”</p>
<p>This is ridiculous. You should always aim for a 2400 - that’s the best score, why not aim for it? A college is never going to reject you <em>because</em> you got a 2400. You hear stories about people with 2400s getting rejected because the 2400 was all they had (or there was something negative in the application, or whatever). That doesn’t mean a 2400 is bad, it means a 2400 by itself isn’t going to get you in - you need to be an awesome applicant to get in. </p>
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<p>Again, simply ridiculous. Colleges don’t reject people just to be random, that makes no sense. They want to admit the best class they possibly can. This means rejecting many people with stellar scores who have nothing else to contribute to the school. It just seems random to people on CC, because we don’t see the whole story that the ad com does.</p>
<p>haha thats dumb wanting 2380 over 2400</p>
<p>I fail to see how a 2400 would be a turn off
sure ppl would rather have a 2410 but, I have yet to see anyone breaking the 2400 zone.</p>
<p>True, colleges reject a lot of 2400ers, but those same ultra-selective colleges reject even more less-than-2400ers.</p>
<p>a 2400 isn’t perfect. It’s just the very-top range; keep that in mind when you take the SAT! Spell something wrong on the essay or get a critical reading question wrong if you have to.</p>
<p>EDIT: If you get 2400 on the SAT using this method, make sure you stress that you did not get a perfect SAT score in the interview process. I’m sure it will impress the interviewers.</p>
<p>I’m going to lol when the OP gets a 1900</p>
<p>lol I’m not</p>
<p>lol this is the most BS ever</p>
<p>I actually get the OP’s standpoint. People who achieve the 2400 have a slight stigma to them, like they’re obsessed with getting a perfect score. </p>